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cony
or ·Ա
[ koh-nee, kuhn-ee ]
noun
plural conies.
- the fur of a rabbit, especially when dyed to simulate Hudson seal.
- the daman or other hyrax of the same genus.
- the pika.
- a rabbit.
- Obsolete. a person who is easily tricked; gull; dupe.
cony
/ ˈəʊɪ /
noun
- a rabbit or fur made from the skin of a rabbit
- (in the Bible) another name for the hyrax, esp the Syrian rock hyrax
- another name for pika
- archaic.a fool or dupe
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yvlog History and Origins
Origin of cony1
First recorded in 1150–1200; Middle English, back formation from conyes, from Old French conis, plural of conil, from Latin ܲīܱܲ “rabbit, burrow,” a word said to be of Iberian origin, according with evidence that the rabbit spread through Europe from NW Africa and the Iberian Peninsula
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yvlog History and Origins
Origin of cony1
C13: back formation from conies, from Old French conis, plural of conil, from Latin ܲīܱܲ rabbit
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The Oxford English Dictionary charts the usage, including one line from a popular 1622 play co-written by a contemporary of Shakespeare: “ … they cry like poulterers’ wives, ‘no money, no cony.’
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She cranks up the radio when it conies on.”
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From foes the conies shelter in the rocks.
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Anyone in the Settlement that hears the ringing quits doing whatever they’re doing and conies to the schoolhouse to welcome the new people.
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The conies had hundreds of buries under these trees, so close together that the problem was not to find a rabbit, but to find a rabbit far enough away from its hole.
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