Synonyms for coney

Grammar : Noun

Spell : koh-nee, kuhn-ee

Phonetic Transcription : ˈkoʊ ni, ˈkʌn i

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Définition of coney

Origin : c.1200, from Anglo-French conis, plural of conil "long-eared rabbit" (Lepus cunicula) from Latin cuniculus (source of Spanish conejo, Portuguese coelho, Italian coneglio), the small, Spanish variant of the Italian hare (Latin lepus), the word perhaps from Iberian Celtic (classical writers say it is Spanish).
Rabbit arose 14c. to mean the young of the species, but gradually pushed out the older word 19c., after British slang picked up coney as a punning synonym for cunny "cunt" (cf. connyfogle "to deceive in order to win a woman's sexual favors"). The word was in the King James Bible [Prov. xxx:26, etc.], however, so it couldn't be entirely dropped, and the solution was to change the pronunciation of the original short vowel (rhyming with honey, money) to rhyme with boney. In the Old Testament, the word translates Hebrew shaphan "rock-badger." Rabbits not being native to northern Europe, there was no Germanic or Celtic word for them.

As in hare : noun rabbitlike animal
As in rabbit : noun animal

Example sentences :

The Coney decided to join a class, and was offered beads to thread.
Extract from : « Lotus Buds » by Amy Carmichael

One day in deep depression of spirits the Coney arrived at the kindergarten.
Extract from : « Lotus Buds » by Amy Carmichael

The moorfowl does not cry there, the coney has no habitation.
Extract from : « John Splendid » by Neil Munro

In a way of speaking, this mendicant of Coney Island was perhaps of this class.
Extract from : « From Place to Place » by Irvin S. Cobb

Shootin' the chutes—say, that Coney stunt seems tame compared to this!
Extract from : « Torchy, Private Sec. » by Sewell Ford

I asked Kelly the very first day if he ever went to Coney Island.
Extract from : « Working With the Working Woman » by Cornelia Stratton Parker

Remember the dance at Coney Island and how mean you were to me?
Extract from : « Still Jim » by Honor Willsie Morrow

Twice she had been to Coney Island and had ridden the hobby-horses.
Extract from : « The Four Million » by O. Henry

I hit nine ducks and a rabbit out of ten in the gallery at Coney Sunday.
Extract from : « The Four Million » by O. Henry

I do not shudder when in chowder stewed,Nor when the Coney Islander engulfs me raw.
Extract from : « The Book of Humorous Verse » by Various

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