Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who has the care of a pound.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The keeper of a pound.
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- noun The
keeper of apound .
Etymologies
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Examples
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There was another girl, the daughter of the poundkeeper, that I wanted her to beat; and the way we both worked, and I coached her up, was
Robbery Under Arms 2004
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"Any time he runs for poundkeeper he's sure to be elected."
Baseball Joe Around the World Pitching on a Grand Tour Lester Chadwick
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There was another girl, the daughter of the poundkeeper, that I wanted her to beat; and the way we both worked, and I coached her up, was a caution.
Robbery under Arms; a story of life and adventure in the bush and in the Australian goldfields Rolf Boldrewood 1870
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Often his stock were never heard of until sold, perhaps to the son of the poundkeeper.
The History of Tasmania, Volume I John West 1840
hernesheir commented on the word poundkeeper
Cf. pinder.
October 22, 2012