(noun.) (used only in combination) something weighing a given number of pounds; 'the fisherman caught a 10-pounder'; 'their linemen are all 300-pounders'.
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You may be a fifty thousand pounder yet. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷.名利场.
His artillery, two batteries and two eighteen-pounder iron guns, drawn by oxen, were placed in position at intervals along the line. 尤利西斯·格兰特.U.S.格兰特的个人回忆录.
Although intended to have only twenty guns, she was equipped, when finished, with thirty long 32-pounder guns and two Columbiad 100-pounders. Edward W. Byrn.十九世纪发明进展.
I ha' getten brass, and we'll go buy the chap a sup o' milk an' a good four-pounder this very minute. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔.南方与北方.
We had no siege guns except six thirty-two pounders, and there were none at the West to draw from. 尤利西斯·格兰特.U.S.格兰特的个人回忆录.
Although intended to have only twenty guns, she was equipped, when finished, with thirty long 32-pounder guns and two Columbiad 100-pounders. Edward W. Byrn.十九世纪发明进展.
In still later times cannon became known by the weight and the balls they carried, 6-pounders, 12-pounders, etc. 佚名.神奇的知识之书.
It could be seen that the eighteen-pounders and the howitzers did a great deal of execution. 尤利西斯·格兰特.U.S.格兰特的个人回忆录.