Used in contradistinction to "purser's pounds" (which see).
·pl of <<Pound>>. II. Pounds ·pl of <<Pound>>. ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
·adj Chaste; faithful; virtuous. II. Honest ·adj Decent; honorable; suitable; becoming. III. Hones...
On the north side of Leadenhall Street at No.74 (P.O. Directory). First mention: L.C.C. List, 1901. ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
A term frequently used by superiors to inferiors. As honest a man as any in the cards when all the k...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
To marry a woman with whom one has cohabitated as a mistress, is termed, making an honest woman of h...