twenty-pound

• “Every Thanksgiving and Christmas, Danny bought fifty twenty-pound turkeys and, with the help of friends, passed them out to his neighbors.”

  Simon & Schuster: Kill the Irishman

• “When I run through an airport with a twenty-pound carryon, that's strength and wind I earn by hitting the sidewalk every morning.”

  superstars. blighted ones.

• “Looking around we spotted a ten-foot length of rusted heavy wire, one end wrapped securely around a twenty-pound rock.”

  Simon & Schuster: Bird Cloud

• “He exchanged it for a twenty-pound piece, and, with many pauses to rest, succeeded in getting it to the tent.”

  FINIS

• “Uncle Charlie moved me to the stockroom, and I spilled a twenty-pound bag of elbow macaroni.”

  Simon & Schuster: Shore Thing

• “Mr. Cote explained that if you do the math—and he said his company has yet to complete it—a 3-pound bag of peanuts probably packs more nutrition than a twenty-pound bag of black oil birdseed because the sunflower seed bags are 70% shell.”

  The Wall Street Journal: Backyard Warfare

• “If you look closely, a twenty-pound sack of rice serves as third base.”

  Fictionaut: Imitation of Life

• “The interview editor, Murray Fischer, strolled into my tiny office and plopped a twenty-pound manuscript on my desk.”

  How Groucho Marx Got Me an Editorial Job at Playboy

• “I need to drop off the twenty-pound bags of concrete that are in the trunk of my car.”

  Fictionaut: Capture This Thing

• “When he gets home he puts every single one of the twenty-pound notes into an envelope and writes on it “Rent money for 15B Lowfield Close.””

  Simon & Schuster: The Redleys

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