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pony keg

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pony keg¹

noun pony kegs

  1. US A container for beer holding 7.75 US gallons, equal to half the size of a standard beer keg. Depending on the crowd, a keg or pony keg may be the way to go. […] For fewer than 20 guests, consider a pony keg, which serves 80 drinks.

pony keg²

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Clipping of pony keg station, from pony keg (“container for beer”).

noun pony kegs

  1. Cincinnati, colloquial A drive-through liquor store; by extension, any convenience store. A visitor may well be baffled by “pony keg” and “jack salmon,” but Cincinnatians know that the first is a store where beer may be purchased and the second is deep-fried pike.

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@misc{pony_keg_2026,
  title = {pony keg},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/pony%20keg},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}