cony

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Under pressure from the Astor lobby, Congress obligingly laid extra duties on imported nutria skins, cony, wool and Russian hares, all of which competed with Astor's beavers and muskrats in the hatmaking industry.

From Time Magazine Archive

From a bal cony watched President John F. Kennedy, and at his side was a welcome guest: Tunisia's President Habib Bourguiba, 57, the father of his young country and a staunch friend of the West.

From Time Magazine Archive

On the convention floor a bal cony and press tables were ready for reporters.

From Time Magazine Archive

But in spite of his living in the out-of-the-way world the cony has enemies for whom he is always watching.

From A Mountain Boyhood by Comstock, Enos B. (Enos Benjamin)

Nothing moves, nothing utters a sound, save the cony at the mouth of the spiral shaft, which sinks to his deeply buried den in the rocks.

From The Captain of the Gray-Horse Troop by Garland, Hamlin