Coney-catching Robert Greene in a series of 1592 pamphlets, the titles of which included "The Defence of Conny-catching," in which he argued there were worse crimes to be found among "reputable" people, and "A Disputation betweene a Hee Conny-catcher and a Shee Conny-catcher." Kirby Farrell wrote a book called "Cony-catching" in 1971. Virginia Woolf mentions "cony catchers" in her book "Orlando". Coney-catching Coney-catching is Elizabethan slang for theft through trickery. It comes from the word "coney" (sometimes spelled "conny"), meaning a rabbit raised for the table and thus tame. A coney-catcher was a thief or con man. It was a practice
Coney Island (restaurant) hardwood smoke that Koegel uses to make its hot dogs. Detroit's American Coney Island and Lafayette Coney Island have both been featured on episodes of Travel Channel shows "Man v. Food" and "Food Wars". Coney Island (restaurant) A Coney Island is a type of restaurant that is popular in the northern United States, particularly in Michigan, as well as the name for the Coney Island hot dog after which the restaurant style is named. "Coney Islands", as they are known, are a unique type of Greek American restaurant. Two of the most well-known Coney Island restaurants are the Lafayette Coney