coney

Examples

• All

• There's only one way to eat a brace of coneys.

  The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)

• The coney burrowed into the soft earth to create a cozy home.

• Yeah, Coney, everyone that he would say he was going to kill, he always killed.

• Got you some Coneys.

  Yinz (2019)

• You'll make him sick, you will... Sam snatches the coney from Gollum's hands, tossing him to one side.

  Fiction book (2002)

• ANGLES ON: Disgusted, Sam walks over to Gollum... Gollum digs his teeth into his coney, ripping a large chunk of raw meat out of it.

  Fiction book (2002)

• The children were delighted to see a fluffy coney hopping across the meadow.

Synonyms

R

rabbit

vsconey

220 1.0

A small furry animal with long ears that lives in holes and hops

is an older, less used word with historic or literary tone

P

pika

vsconey

1 9.6

A small animal like a rabbit that lives among mountain rocks

is an old word that can also denote this related species

C

cony

vsconey

• Archaic

9.9

A rabbit or other small burrowing animal with long ears and a short tail

is the alternative archaic spelling found in older texts

C

cunny

vsconey

• Archaic

9.9

A rabbit word used in some old country dialects

is the old general term rather than a regional variant

M

mouse hare

vsconey

• Specialized

9.7

A small animal with short ears that lives in holes among mountain rocks

is the archaic term that may include this species in usage

R

rock rabbit

vsconey

• US

9.0

A small shy animal that lives among rocks and looks like a rabbit but is not a true rabbit

is the archaic name that sometimes refers to varying species regionally

Compounds

C

Coney Island

14 3.2

A place in Brooklyn by the sea with a beach, boardwalk, and rides

Surface Forms

Etymology