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Meaning of ponty | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1

Definitions

Clipping of Pontypridd: a town and community with a town council in Rhondda Cynon Taf borough, Wales (OS grid ref ST0790).

abbreviation, alt-of, clipping

Examples

“In the mean time a second workman has gathered a small lump of glass on the end of his iron rod, or "ponty," and by pressing it against an iron point forms it into the shape of a tiny cup. This is fitted over the bullion-point of the glass, and, as they are both hot, soon becomes firmly attached to it.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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