quarter pounder

Noun

quarter-pounder (plural quarter-pounders)

1. A beef hamburger whose patty weighed approximately a quarter of a pound before cooking.
   • "Deal. I'm hungry. Wanna grab a little snack with me? Maybe a half a dozen quarter pounders and a couple large fries?"2011, Tom Colburn, Shattered Window, page 88
2. A burger with a patty of such uncooked weight, of an alternative to beef.
3. A burger patty of such uncooked weight.
4. A food item similar to a burger patty of such uncooked weight, such as a meatball.
5. A sandwich weighing approximately a quarter of a pound.
6. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see quarter, pounder: Anything weighing a quarter of a pound.
   • A half-pound fish is a very good one, and the quarter-pounders are good enough.1931, Arthur Ransome, Swallowdale

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