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third-pounder

noun

Etymology

From third + pound + -er, modelled on quarter-pounder.

  1. derived from *(s)pend-✻
  2. derived from pondō
  3. inherited from *pundą✻
  4. inherited from *pund✻
  5. inherited from pund
  6. inherited from pound
  7. formed as third-pounder — “third + pound + -er”

Definitions

  1. A (typically beef) hamburger sandwich, whose patty weighed 1/3 of a lb (pound) before…

    A (typically beef) hamburger sandwich, whose patty weighed 1/3 of a lb (pound) before cooking.

  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically

    Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see third, pounder.

  3. Having the weight of 1/3 of a pound.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA