room for a pony en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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Etymology
From the British television comedy series, Keeping Up Appearances (1990–1995), wherein social climber Hyacinth Bucket constantly and variously describes her sister Violet, who married well, as “the one with the […] and room for a pony”.
Meanings
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(UK, humorous, uncountable) minimum trappings of the minor landed gentry
One craves the excitement of being right downtown, while the other wants an up-county farmette with a swimming pool and room for a pony.
2006, Patricia Kennedy, The Irreverent Guide to Real Estate: Buying, Selling and Making Money, iUniverse, →ISBN, page 5:Eventually he fell in love, and by age twenty was living in a gay couple, complete with house, garden, swimming pool, and room for a pony.
1996, Gary W. Dowsett, Practicing Desire: Homosexual Sex in the Era of AIDS, Stanford University Press, →ISBN, page 264:“ […] In the back yard, we have a screened terrace, a swimming pool, a swing set and room for a pony.” His grin was boyish as she, too, smiled at the oblique reference to the popular British comedy ‘Keeping up Appearances’.
2002, E. T. Rishe, Timeless Acres, iUniverse, 978-0-595-25068-4, page 47