Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun etc. See
cony , etc.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) A rabbit. See
cony . - noun (Zoöl.) A fish. See
Cony .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
rabbit , especially the European rabbit (Lepus cuniculus ). - noun The
cony (fish).
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun any of various burrowing animals of the family Leporidae having long ears and short tails; some domesticated and raised for pets or food
- noun black-spotted usually dusky-colored fish with reddish fins
- noun any of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes
- noun small short-eared burrowing mammal of rocky uplands of Asia and western North America
Etymologies
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Examples
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They usually lie in the open, though often found in graves and in holes in the rocks, from which I have thought that they might be the "coney" mentioned in Scripture.
Life and sport in China Second Edition Oliver George Ready
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Such is the hippopotamus, and such is the hyrax, the remarkable rock-haunting animal, which in the authorised translation of the Scriptures is called the "coney," and which in the Revised Version is allowed in the margin to retain its Hebrew name, "shaphan."
The Girl's Own Paper, Vol. VIII, No. 355, October 16, 1886 Various
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_ “The coney is a lytel beste dwellynge in an hole of the erthe/& thore as he vseth he encreaseth very moche, and therfore he is profitable for man, for he casteth oftentymes in the yere ...
Early English Meals and Manners Frederick James Furnivall 1867
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These buildings are located in a vibrant urban core, with bars, sushi joints, high-class restaurants with huge bills and small entrees, and a couple of hot dog places that have been battling for decades for coney dog supremacy.
Dan Izzo: Go Midwest, Young Entrepreneur Dan Izzo 2011
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The chili is also served on small hot dogs with mustard, onions and more of that cheese for a cheese coney.
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The theatres of Shakesepeare's time resounded not just to his great tragedies and comedies but also to more satrical works by the likes of Ben Jonson, Thomas Dekker and Philip Massinger, with their lively tales of bawds and coney catchers evoking the teeming life of the city.
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June 30, 2009 east coast beach volleyball at coney island
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These buildings are located in a vibrant urban core, with bars, sushi joints, high-class restaurants with huge bills and small entrees, and a couple of hot dog places that have been battling for decades for coney dog supremacy.
Dan Izzo: Go Midwest, Young Entrepreneur Dan Izzo 2011
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June 30, 2009 east coast beach volleyball at coney island
tingilinde: 2009
lampbane commented on the word coney
A rabbit. They used to reside on the island of the same name (which is no longer an island, but that's another story).
December 19, 2006
bilby commented on the word coney
"ever been kidnapped
by a poet
if i were a poet
i'd kidnap you
put you in my phrases and meter
you to jones beach
or maybe coney island
or maybe just to my house
lyric you in lilacs
dash you in the rain
blend into the beach
to complement my see
play the lyre for you
ode you with my love song
anything to win you
wrap you in the red Black green
show you off to mama
yeah if i were a poet i'd kid
nap you"
- Nikki Giovanni
December 11, 2007
ruzuzu commented on the word coney
I just added this to my furriery list and was trying to figure out whether it's related to the Spanish word conejo.
That's, um, quite the etymology.
December 14, 2012
bilby commented on the word coney
Ha, yes.
Especially in light of the examples.
“Henry and Anne enjoyed a private dinner in a small room, feeding each other slices of pears and bits of baked coney.”
December 14, 2012
ruzuzu commented on the word coney
Hare-raising.
“The theatres of Shakesepeare's time resounded not just to his great tragedies and comedies but also to more satrical works by the likes of Ben Jonson, Thomas Dekker and Philip Massinger, with their lively tales of bawds and coney catchers evoking the teeming life of the city.”
December 14, 2012