hounce

‘Right to a hounce,’ says he, ‘nine stun four they’ve put on him, and him an untried horse.

Robbery Under Arms 2004

She would keep a book, "and every hounce that came into this house -- be it rabbit or be it liver -- shall be put down."

Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, June 6, 1917 Various

She said _I_ wos _'er_ form to a hounce, and if anyone looked more

Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 103, August 27, 1892 Various

And ask, shame-faced like, for their gargle, 'as p'r'aps is a' ot sixteen hounce.

Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 103, September 24, 1892 Various

The famous and fab'lous Franko o 'Florence, the fire-eatin', flame-swallerin ', fat feller as weighs thirty-two stone if a hounce -- seein's believin' -- and all for a tanner -- a tanner!

Peregrine's Progress Jeffery Farnol 1915

We tried a roast, but there ain't a hounce of meat on one o 'them Yankee carkages.

The Naval History of the United States Volume 2 (of 2) Willis J. Abbot 1898

London gives about a guinea a hounce for w'en 'e feeds lords n' dooks.

The Cruise of the Cachalot Round the World After Sperm Whales Frank T. Bullen 1886

'Right to a hounce,' says he, 'nine stun four they've put on him, and him an untried horse.

Robbery under Arms; a story of life and adventure in the bush and in the Australian goldfields Rolf Boldrewood 1870

"And not honly that," he continued, without heeding my question, "she hain't a got a hounce of tender feelin's in her natur.

Weapons of Mystery Joseph Hocking 1898