half-pounder
A beef hamburger sandwich whose patty weighed approximately half a pound prior to…A beef hamburger sandwich whose patty weighed approximately half a pound prior to being cooked.
Meaning
6 sensesA beef hamburger sandwich whose patty weighed approximately half a pound prior to being cooked.
A burger sandwich with a patty of such an uncooked weight, of an alternative to beef.
A burger patty of such an uncooked weight.
A food item similar to a patty of such an uncooked weight, such as a meatball.
A sandwich weighing approximately half a pound.
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see half, pounder: Anything weighing half a pound.
Origin
From half + pound + -er.From half + pound + -er.
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