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Indian pony†
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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n.
Originally, a wild pony, a mustang; later generalized in the West as a name for any horse, often with a derogatory or contemptuous connotation.
See: cayuse ((n.))
Quotations
1865
Our hardy Indian ponies found many purchasers at good prices.
1955
It is a far cry from the days of the stolid little Indian ponies so common among the prairie tribes in the early days of the West.