Welsh pony
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of Welsh pony
First recorded in 1765–75
Example Sentences
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The charges stem from a cat found in a hole in a wall and a Welsh pony that veterinarians said was lame.
From Washington Times • Feb. 5, 2020
His dam was a Welsh pony, his sire an unknown thoroughbred.
From Time Magazine Archive
Now she came riding up the broad gravel path across the lawn, on the black pony: leading the fat Welsh pony, with Geoffrey on his back.
From Captain Jim by Bruce, Mary Grant
Many of his finest descriptions give us quite the notion of their having been composed when going his rounds on his Welsh pony among the glens and hills, and their unspeakable solitudes.
From Spare Hours by Brown, John
It was a thoroughbred Welsh pony, as sound a little beast as ever stepped.
From Second Thoughts of an Idle Fellow by Jerome, Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka)
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