butter the cony
To take advantage of an unmissable opportunity.
cony
UK /ˈkəʊ.ni/ US /ˈkoʊ.ni/
noun 5name 2
Collocations
2ADJ.
usual
CONY + NOUN
catcher
Definitions
noun
1
A rabbit, especially the European rabbit, Oryctolagus cuniculus (formerly known as Lepus cuniculus).
I were skynnes of conny, / That causeth I loke so donny.
ORLANDO. Are you native of this place? / ROSALIND. As the cony that you see / dwell where she is kindled.
2
Rabbit fur.
3
Locally for other rabbit-like or hyrax-like animals, such as the Cape hyrax (das, dassie) or the pika (Ochotona princeps, formerly Lagomys princeps).
4
Locally for other rabbit-like or hyrax-like animals, such as the Cape hyrax (das, dassie) or the pika (Ochotona princeps, formerly Lagomys princeps).
5
A simpleton; one who may be taken in by a cony-catcher.
It is a most simple animal; whence are derived our usual phrases of cony and cony catcher.
name
1
Initialism of City of New York.
name
1
Alternative letter-case form of CONY
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Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
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I were skynnes of conny, / That causeth I loke so donny.
Wiktionary02
ORLANDO. Are you native of this place? / ROSALIND. As the cony that you see / dwell where she is kindled.
Wiktionary03
It is a most simple animal; whence are derived our usual phrases of cony and cony catcher.
WiktionaryUsage Notes
i Register
In some senses, cony is marked as obsolete, UK. Watch for register when choosing this word.
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