ouncer

[ oun-ser ]

noun

1. something weighing a specified number of ounces ounce (used in combination):

   The deluxe hamburger is an eight-ouncer.

Word History and Origins

Origin of ouncer¹

First recorded in 1885–90; ounce ¹ + -er ¹

Example Sentences

Sapo had told me one day, when he was drunk on his fifth forty- ouncer, that Bodega had met Nazario after the Young Lords broke up.

From Literature

He was a-betting with Shem Avery, and Shem, who felt he was in for a run of luck, layed it on a bit heavy like; and the end o' it was, he won all Narvasque's two months' diggin's, all to a twenty-eight 'ouncer' that he would n't bet for anybody,—no, nor let any one see where he hid it.

From Project Gutenberg

"Here it is—half an ouncer—good enough for stores for a month as we did it on Boulder Creek, salt horse once a day and flap-jack on Sundays," he said, with a laugh.

From Project Gutenberg

Then came the usual careful work with the "ouncer," and the six filled bottles were put into Nancy's own small ice-box, to which one of the maids was then supposed to bring a small piece of ice.

From Project Gutenberg

In November he needed two quarts of milk daily, and what his mother called "an ouncer" to take the top-milk safely from the bottle, and a small ice box for the carefully prepared bottles, and the bottles themselves.

From Project Gutenberg