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half-pounder|hɑːfˈpaʊndə(r)| [f. half a. + pound n. + -er1.] 1. A gun that fires a shot weighing half a pound. (In quot. attrib.) Cf. four-pounder, etc.
1800Phil. Trans. XC. 235 We charged a half-pounder swivel with an ounce and an half..of the mercurial powder. 2. A thing (e.g. a fish) of half a pound weight.
1886R. C. Leslie Sea-painter's Log x. 202 The great half-pounders are feeding in the broad spreading fords. |