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The Language of the Scottish Traveller: A Dictionary
By Pauline Cairns Speitel
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pownie
,
powny
[to rhyme with ‘brownie’]
noun
a pony; a riding horse:
…Anyroad
[anyway]
you’d need a powny to carry your heavy pack!
la17-
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etymology:
Scots; attested by
SS
in
RD
and
JS