hamburgers

hamburger

1. Literally, a beef patty, typically served on a bun. I'm just going to get a hamburger with fries.
2. A shares of stock in the McDonald's corporation. In this usage, the word is usually plural. How are your hamburgers doing, in light of the criticism McDonald's has faced lately?
3. Someone regarded as insignificant and dumb. Don't worry about that fool, he's just hamburger.
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

hamburgers

n. shares in the McDonald’s corporation. (Securities markets. New York Stock Exchange jargon.) I want 400 shares of hamburgers.
See also: hamburger
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • hamburger
  • burger
  • quarter-pounder
  • mac
  • Big Mac attack
  • hunger after
  • hunger after (something)
  • hungry for
  • hungry for (something)
  • I doubt it/that
References in periodicals archive
Superintendent Danilo Mendoza, Quezon City Police District Station 3 commander, dismissed Sales' alibi, saying he was aware that the hamburgers contained drugs.
Carefully place the hamburgers onto the bottom halves of the buns and bring the two halves together.
Almost 50 percent of the 92 hamburger chains are considered Fast Casual, offering a trendier atmosphere and fresh ingredients, while charging a higher price.
And that's how I came to have a hamburger with Aram Khachaturian, the renowned Armenian composer.
25, the United States Department of Agriculture announced a recall of frozen hamburger patties from Topps, saying that the meat was potentially tainted by E.
manufacturer of frozen hamburgers, said this was its first recall in its 65-year history.
That's why any of the successful high-end or gourmet hamburger restaurants all use Japanese beef or good quality produce from Australia and New Zealand.
We report a sporadic HUS case linked to the consumption of home-prepared hamburger contaminated with E.
"When asked if they would be willing to pay more for a hamburger that has been processed with technology to ensure safety, 50.49 percent said 'No' and 49.51 percent said 'Yes.'"
That doesn't mean we Hamburgers haven't a sense of humour."
26 Wendy's Hamburgers (Geyer Springs) $1,716,751 3.43%
That's less sat fat than the chain's original Hamburger (seven grams), fewer calories than a BK Broiler Chicken Sandwich without mayo (390), and far fewer calories than a BK Broiler with mayo (550).
Political ecologists maintain that the hamburger thesis placed too much emphasis on foreign market pressures as the cause of environmental degradation and vastly underestimated the more important role played by the regressive social structure of Latin American countries.
Look, I'm a guy who grew up in Milwaukee, and Milwaukee (the TV home of Al's Diner from "Happy Days") knows adult hamburgers. The Arch Deluxe is not an adult hamburger.
Ingredients 4 x 180g hamburgers 4 buns, halved 1/4 iceberg lettuce, finely shredded 1/2 beef tomato, cut into 5mm thick slices 1 small red onion, peeled and cut into 2mm thick rings 4 slices of cheddar cheese, roughly the same size as the hamburgers 8 slices of crispy smoked streaky bacon 4 gherkins cut lengthways into spears For the Byron Sauce: 150g mayonnaise 75g tomato ketchup 35g pickled gherkins, drained Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper Method 1.