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Pound of lead is old London Cockney rhyming slang for the head.
Pounds and pence is London Cockney rhyming slang for sense.
Pound one's weenie is slang for masturbation − applied to a man.
Sleeping, making hay
This came from our Business Studies teacher demanding £1 for every piece of paper he photocopied for you. It is used if you want something and the person you're trying to get it from either wants to be difficult, or would rather you not have it. For example: "Can I borrow your CD?"; "Pound!",
Pound the ear is American tramp slang for to sleep
Pound is Australian slang for a solitary−confinement cell or wing in a prison.
Work a locomotive to its full capacity
Pound note was old London Cockney rhyming slang for coat.
very good, can also be longer "Sound as a pound up a tree top tall etc" still used today in parts of the midlands
Ever wondered why Brits flounder when voicemail messages say to press the pound sign? What on earth is the British currency doing on a phone anyway? Well, it isn't. To a Brit, the pound sign is the wiggly thing we use to denote the UK pound (or quid), in the same way you have a dollar sign.
Pound one's pudding is slang for masturbation − applied to a man.
Pound of butter is London Cockney rhyming slang for a mad person (nutter).
Pound noteish was British slang for pompous, snobbish.
Pound one's meat is slang for masturbation − applied to a man.
Pound one's pork is slang for masturbation − applied to a man.
to pound or to pound down refers to drinking really fast and usually refers to beer or other alchoholic beverages.
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A rate or proportion estimated at a certain amount for each pound; poundage.
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The keeper of a pound.
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The sum allowed to a sheriff or other officer upon the amount realized by an execution; -- estimated in England, and formerly in the United States, at so much of the pound.
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A person or thing, so called with reference to a certain number of pounds in value, weight, capacity, etc.; as, a cannon carrying a twelve-pound ball is called a twelve pounder.
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One who, or that which, pounds, as a stamp in an ore mill.
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To confine in, or as in, a pound; to impound.
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To collect, as poundage; to assess, or rate, by poundage.
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A unit of force based upon the pound, foot, and second, being the force which, acting on a pound avoirdupois for one second, causes it to acquire by the of that time a velocity of one foot per second. It is about equal to the weight of half an ounce, and is 13,825 dynes.
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A subsidy of twelve pence in the pound, formerly granted to the crown on all goods exported or imported, and if by aliens, more.
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A sum deducted from a pound, or a certain sum paid for each pound; a commission.
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Confinement of cattle, or other animals, in a public pound.
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The breaking of a public pound for releasing impounded animals.
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To make a jarring noise, as in running; as, the engine pounds.
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To comminute and pulverize by beating; to bruise or break into fine particles with a pestle or other heavy instrument; as, to pound spice or salt.
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An instrument used for pounding; a pestle.
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A pounded or pulverized substance.
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A kind of rich, sweet cake; -- so called from the ingredients being used by pounds, or in equal quantities.
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