DCHP-3

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.

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.