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noun, plural co·nies.
1.
the fur of a rabbit, especially when dyed to simulate Hudson seal.
2.
the daman or other hyrax of the same genus.
3.
the pika.
4.
a rabbit.
5.
Obsolete. a person who is easily tricked; gull; dupe.
Also, coney.
Origin:
1150–1200; Middle English, back formation from conyes < Old French conis, plural of conil < Latin cunīculus rabbit, burrow, a word said to be of Iberian orig., according with evidence that the rabbit spread through Europe from NW Africa and the Iberian Peninsula
1150–1200; Middle English, back formation from conyes < Old French conis, plural of conil < Latin cunīculus rabbit, burrow, a word said to be of Iberian orig., according with evidence that the rabbit spread through Europe from NW Africa and the Iberian Peninsula
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Cony
is always a great word to know.
So is slumgullion. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc. |
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| cony or coney (ˈkəʊnɪ) | |
| —n , pl -nies, -neys | |
| 1. | a rabbit or fur made from the skin of a rabbit |
| 2. | (in the Bible) another name for the hyrax, esp the Syrian rock hyrax |
| 3. | another name for pika |
| 4. | archaic a fool or dupe |
| [C13: back formation from conies, from Old French conis, plural of conil, from Latin cunīculus rabbit] | |
| coney or coney | |
| —n | |
| [C13: back formation from conies, from Old French conis, plural of conil, from Latin cunīculus rabbit] | |
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