pony glass

English

Etymology

From the small size; see etymology of pony.[1]

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Noun

pony glass (plural pony glasses)

  1. A small glass for alcoholic drinks.
    • 1939, Raymond Chandler, The Big Sleep, Penguin, published 2011, page 64:
      I unlocked my deep drawer and got out my office bottle and two pony glasses.
  2. (Australia) A quarter-pint glass (formerly 5 imperial fl oz, metrized to 140 ml).

References
  1. Notes and Queries, August 8th, 1896, p. 126: “It seems probable the origin is due to the diminutiveness of the glass;”
    “The expression ‘a pony of beer’ is often used in South Wales for a small glass containing about the fourth of a pint.”

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