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We are interrupted by the arrival of her burger, a gigantic, half-pound slab of beef sandwiched between two shiny brioche buns.
‘Family Guy’ Star Alex Borstein Is Ready for Her HBO Close-Up|Marlow Stern|November 12, 2013|DAILY BEAST
And of a morning he will take a half-pound of it and put it in his leather bottle, with as much water as he pleases.
Some Heroes of Travel|W. H. Davenport Adams
Beat again in a few hours, and make up in half-pound prints.
Housekeeping in Old Virginia|Marion Cabell Tyree
These studies, as we have seen, demonstrated that a half-pound weight and a hundred-pound weight fall with the same velocity.
A History of Science, Volume 2(of 5)|Henry Smith Williams

In Merida we had to pay two shillings for a half-pound glass jar of French marmalade.
The American Egypt|Channing Arnold
After squatting thus in brute immobility for a half-hour, one of them would purchase a few pounds of flour or a half-pound of tea.
The Rules of the Game|Stewart Edward White