subs. (common).—1. An ass.
1842. Punch, iii., p. 168, col. 2. We saw a JERUSALEM PONY in Clare market yesterday.
1846. THACKERAY, From Cornhill to Grand Cairo, xv. Here we alighted upon donkeys…. We had a JERUSALEM PONY race into Cairo.
1851. H. MAYHEW, London Labour and the London Poor, i. 28. Sometimes a party of two or three will be seen closely examining one of these JERUSALEM PONIES.
1876. C. HINDLEY, ed. The Life and Adventures of a Cheap Jack, p. 215. The proper thing is to have a real JERUSALEM PONY, i.e., donkey.
2. (clerical).—A needy clergyman helping for hire. Cf. GUINEA-PIG.
