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quarter-pounder

Definitions

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  • noun A burger weighing approximately a quarter of a pound.
  • noun Used other than as an idiom: see quarter,‎ pounder: Anything weighing a quarter of a pound.

Etymologies

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quarter- +‎ pounder

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Examples

  • Constant reminders that a juicy quarter-pounder was once a wobbly-legged, big-eyed calf may put some people "in the mood to have a steak," said Michael Pollan, who has written several books critical of modern beef production.

    Beef Industry Carves a Course Stephanie Simon 2011

  • Think burgers (quarter-pounder with mushrooms and bacon, ££3.20), Cheddar Porkers (cheesy sausage in a roll, £2.70) or, the Cap-n-Jaspers classic, Half a Yard of Hot Dog (45.7cm of French stick stuffed with two hot dogs, £4.20).

    Plymouth's 10 best budget restaurants and cafes 2011

  • "These kids are getting wonderful from-scratch cooking, and then they go back to their homeroom and it smells like a quarter-pounder with cheese, where teachers are walking up and down the hall with their big Wendy's cups," Strong said.

    Dinner bell follows class bell at some D.C. schools Bill Turque 2010

  • "These kids are getting wonderful from-scratch cooking, and then they go back to their homeroom and it smells like a quarter-pounder with cheese, where teachers are walking up and down the hall with their big Wendy's cups," Strong said.

    D.C. schools dinner program aims to fight childhood hunger Bill Turque 2010

  • "These kids are getting wonderful from-scratch cooking, and then they go back to their homeroom and it smells like a quarter-pounder with cheese, where teachers are walking up and down the hall with their big Wendy's cups," Strong said.

    D.C. schools dinner program aims to fight childhood hunger Bill Turque 2010

  • The Nixon impeachment charges included as supporting material references to payoffs from ITT and other large firms, and from special interests, including $2 million from milk producers, $200,000 from a criminal (Robert Vesco) to block legal action, and even $200,000 from McDonald's in return for permission to charge more for a quarter-pounder at a time when wage and price controls were in effect.

    Barry Sussman: A Watergate Lesson: Secret Money Means Payoffs, Bribes and Extortion Barry Sussman 2010

  • The Nixon impeachment charges included as supporting material references to payoffs from ITT and other large firms, and from special interests, including $2 million from milk producers, $200,000 from a criminal (Robert Vesco) to block legal action, and even $200,000 from McDonald's in return for permission to charge more for a quarter-pounder at a time when wage and price controls were in effect.

    Barry Sussman: A Watergate Lesson: Secret Money Means Payoffs, Bribes and Extortion Barry Sussman 2010

  • The Nixon impeachment charges included as supporting material references to payoffs from ITT and other large firms, and from special interests, including $2 million from milk producers, $200,000 from a criminal (Robert Vesco) to block legal action, and even $200,000 from McDonald's in return for permission to charge more for a quarter-pounder at a time when wage and price controls were in effect.

    Barry Sussman: A Watergate Lesson: Secret Money Means Payoffs, Bribes and Extortion Barry Sussman 2010

  • The Nixon impeachment charges included as supporting material references to payoffs from ITT and other large firms, and from special interests, including $2 million from milk producers, $200,000 from a criminal (Robert Vesco) to block legal action, and even $200,000 from McDonald's in return for permission to charge more for a quarter-pounder at a time when wage and price controls were in effect.

    Barry Sussman: A Watergate Lesson: Secret Money Means Payoffs, Bribes and Extortion Barry Sussman 2010

  • "These kids are getting wonderful from-scratch cooking, and then they go back to their homeroom and it smells like a quarter-pounder with cheese, where teachers are walking up and down the hall with their big Wendy's cups," Strong said.

    D.C. schools dinner program aims to fight childhood hunger Bill Turque 2010

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