pounder

gravel-pounder

slang An infantry soldier. Was Grandpa really a gravel-pounder in World War II?

ground-pounder

slang An infantry soldier. Was Grandpa really a ground-pounder in World War II?

quarter-pounder

A hamburger that weighs roughly four ounces (a quarter of a pound) before it is cooked. The phrase is best-known as the name of a hamburger served at McDonald's fast food restaurants. I think I'm going get a quarter-pounder for dinner tonight—what would you like?
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

gravel-pounder

n. an infantry soldier. (Military.) Do you really want to join the Army and be a gravel-pounder?

ground-pounder

n. an infantry soldier. (Military.) If you join the army, it means a lot of your life spent as a ground-pounder.

pounder

n. a police officer; a cop on the beat. The pounder gave me a parking ticket.
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • pounders
  • gravel-pounder
  • ground-pounder
  • dogface
  • crunchie
  • crunchy
  • bust a move
  • behind (one's) time
  • behind time
  • go strong
References in periodicals archive
Mr Griffiths said that Pounder also stole from long-term clients after being appointed sole executor of their estates when they died.
BIG DAY: Natalie Hutchinson and Robert Pounder, of Stockton are shown left and right, after their wedding at St Paul's Church.
Pounder will be sentenced at the end of February following an investigation into his financial status.
Pounder finally made the breakthrough with a 77th-minute strike.
To your heart, its fete cheese looks like a Quarter Pounder.
A spokesman for Heinz said the biscuits come in a 25g portion which contains 1.8g saturated fat per serving, adding: "It is quite misleading to compare our product with a McDonald's quarter pounder with cheese which is consumed in a portion size of 194g."
Mrs Pounder's barrister, Richard Herner, told the High Court at a preliminary hearing in July that the coroner was wrong to "preclude the inquest jury from considering the issue of the legality of the physical restraint" used on Adam six hours before he died.
LEARNING: Jonathan Pounder, front, with students Mick Iley and, rear, Vicky Chu and Paul Robinson Picture by IAN McINTYRE
Replicating the Schaefer tradition, the magazine established "pounder clubs" for bass of 30 pounds or more, and awards pins for each 10-pound increment of weight.
Nicholas Pounder doubled his annual wage by stealing up to pounds 40,000 a year over six years from the accounts of two chronically-ill patients and a host of dead customers.
The home side settled themselves down and pressed forward themselves but they could not penetrate a tight Halifax defence and had to rely on long-range shots, with David Pounder and Paul Shepherd trying their hands from 30 yards.
Bob Pounder, the union's Greater Manchester regional officer, launched an attack earlier this week on FBU general secretary Andy Gilchrist, reportedly accusing him of ``selling out'' by agreeing to new talks at the conciliation service Acas.
Prof Derrick Pounder, 53, was in an Amnesty International delegation granted access to the camp.
Pathologist Professor Derrick Pounder yesterday told the court he believed Miss Nicoll had been attacked from behind.
But more calories, fat, and salt than a McDonald's Quarter Pounder with Cheese?