pood
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of pood
First recorded in 1545–55; from Russian pud, from Low German or Old Norse pund “pound (unit of weight and measure)”; see pound 2
Example Sentences
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It was not a pood simile, for it appeared last week that even if they should be proscribed, the members of the Supreme Court intended to keep their heads.
From Time Magazine Archive
We have a Russian saying that goes something like this: to achieve something difficult it is necessary to eat a pood* of salt.
From Time Magazine Archive
A pood is equal to 40 Russian or 36 English pounds.
From Travels in the Steppes of the Caspian Sea, the Crimea, the Caucasus, &c. by Hell, Xavier Hommaire de
My sweet father came down Gascoign-lane to meet us, in very pood spirits and very good health.
From The Diary and Letters of Madame D'Arblay — Volume 1 by Burney, Fanny
A capital horse could be purchased for three sovereigns, a camel for £7 10s., while flour cost 1s. 4d. the pood of forty pounds.
From Russia As Seen and Described by Famous Writers by Singleton, Esther
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