pony keg station

English

Etymology

pony keg + station, by analogy with gas station.

Noun

pony keg station (plural pony keg stations)

  1. (US, dated) A convenience store specializing in pony kegs.
    • 1954: US patent 2682988
      The carrier also affords a convenient mode of merchandising beverages such as are commonly used for picnics and the like, a container containing, for example, twelve bottles of soft-drinks, beer, or the like being sold in iced condition by the retailer, such as an ice house, pony keg station or other outlets having facilities for icing the containers.
    • “Mr. & Mrs.”, in Jet, volume 23, issue 26, April 18, 1963, page 48
      Under a January 29 divorce decree, Mrs. Johnson received real estate and a pony keg station, and although she said she lost both businesses, the judge ruled that she had the ability to pay her ex-husband, Thomas, and must now remain in jail until she makes arrangements to pay.
    • Tallon, Jim (April 2, 1971), “Outdoors Omnibus”, in High Country News, volume 3, issue 6, page 13
      In 1969 two felons held up a pony-keg station in Philadelphia with two seven and one-half-foot medium action spinrods.

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