-ouncercomb. form

Primary stress is attracted to the first syllable of this combining form and vowels may be reduced accordingly, e.g. six-ouncer Brit.

/ˌsɪksˈaʊnsə/, U.S.

/ˌsɪksˈaʊnsər/.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: ounce n.¹, -er suffix¹.

Etymology: < ounce n.¹ + -er suffix¹.

Following a numeral: forming compounds denoting things that weigh a specified number of ounces.

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1851 Internat. Mag. Lit., Art, & Sci. Aug. 111/2 Come, big ‘Sam Nock’, king of two-ouncers, what is to be the fate of these two great plumbs that you are now to swallow?

1886 Pall Mall Gaz. 21 May 4/1 Tumbling brooks teeming with ‘three ouncers’.

1951 N. Algren Chicago (2001) vi. 62 Whether the power is in a .38, a typewriter ribbon or a pair of six-ouncers, the place has grown great on bone-deep grudges.

1991 Sports Illustr. 10 June 8/2 Franks requires fighters to wear gloves, 16-ouncers.

2000 A. Bourdain Kitchen Confid. (2001) 208 Soul Kitchen featured pre-disco '70s funk, with early blaxploitation films playing silently on the big screen and 40-ouncers and chicken wings for sale.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	-ouncer
释义	-ouncercomb. form Primary stress is attracted to the first syllable of this combining form and vowels may be reduced accordingly, e.g. six-ouncer Brit. /ˌsɪksˈaʊnsə/, U.S. /ˌsɪksˈaʊnsər/. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: ounce n.¹, -er suffix¹. Etymology: < ounce n.¹ + -er suffix¹. Following a numeral: forming compounds denoting things that weigh a specified number of ounces. ΚΠ 1851 Internat. Mag. Lit., Art, & Sci. Aug. 111/2 Come, big ‘Sam Nock’, king of two-ouncers, what is to be the fate of these two great plumbs that you are now to swallow? 1886 Pall Mall Gaz. 21 May 4/1 Tumbling brooks teeming with ‘three ouncers’. 1951 N. Algren Chicago (2001) vi. 62 Whether the power is in a .38, a typewriter ribbon or a pair of six-ouncers, the place has grown great on bone-deep grudges. 1991 Sports Illustr. 10 June 8/2 Franks requires fighters to wear gloves, 16-ouncers. 2000 A. Bourdain Kitchen Confid. (2001) 208 Soul Kitchen featured pre-disco '70s funk, with early blaxploitation films playing silently on the big screen and 40-ouncers and chicken wings for sale. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < comb. form1851
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