third-pounder meaning: definition, etymology

third-pounder

noun

Etymology From third + pound + -er, modelled on quarter-pounder.

Cooking, Food, Lifestyle A (typically beef) hamburger sandwich, whose patty weighed 1/3 of a lb (pound) before cooking.

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see third, pounder.

adj

Etymology From third + pound + -er, modelled on quarter-pounder.

Having the weight of 1/3 of a pound.

Related terms: full-pound, full-pounder, half-pound, half-pounder, pound, pounder, quarter-pound, quarter-pounder, third

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