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cony

[koh-nee, kuhn-ee] / ˈkoʊ ni, ˈkʌn i /


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On the convention floor a bal cony and press tables were ready for reporters.

From Time Magazine Archive

Under pressure from the Astor lobby, Congress obligingly laid extra duties on imported nutria skins, cony, wool and Russian hares, all of which competed with Astor's beavers and muskrats in the hatmaking industry.

From Time Magazine Archive

From a bal cony watched President John F. Kennedy, and at his side was a welcome guest: Tunisia's President Habib Bourguiba, 57, the father of his young country and a staunch friend of the West.

From Time Magazine Archive

One rare, windless day upon the heights, my little hay-making friend, the cony, greeted me with an enthusiastic "squee-ek."

From A Mountain Boyhood by Enos B. (Enos Benjamin) Comstock

In 1667 they were given power to scrutinize the preparing of rabbit or cony wool for the wool trade and the registration of the then customary seven years’ apprenticeship.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 "Frost" to "Fyzabad" by Various

From foes the conies shelter in the rocks.

From Washington Times ● Apr. 16, 2021

Since the N.B.A. remains old-fashioned when it conies to a team having more than five players on the floor at once, the stars have been putting in more than their fair share of bench time.

From Time Magazine Archive

That bestselling odyssey of a colony of migrating conies is very much like the adventures of prep school lads dressed up in fur costumes.

From Time Magazine Archive

The climax conies in a death scene that should wring tears from an Ulsterman.

From Time Magazine Archive

Ricky conies along, his green hair extra spiked for the occasion.

From "Hollow City" by Ransom Riggs


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