It was probably a small four-pounder, so why only one?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sharpe's Eagle]

"Just so; he is there, I see him distinctly; he is recharging our four-pounder.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Willis the Pilot] Reference

First they had brought the small four-pounder as close to the British as safety allowed.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sharpe's Eagle]

Again their four-pounder belched forth, and one of their shots fell directly in front of the.    From Wordnik.com.  [Incidents of the War: Humorous, Pathetic, and Descriptive] Reference

Everyone was told to take home several boxes and Zach took a gigantic four-pounder in gold gift wrap that was embossed “The Gift of Elegance”.    From Wordnik.com.  [January « 2005 « I HEART BACON] Reference

Sharpe had seen the four-pounder fire, watched the horsemen cut down in a bloody swathe, then he had turned to the Chasseurs attacking his own formation.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sharpe's Eagle]

When the report of the four-pounder, or the ringing of the fort bell, or a volley of musketry sounded the alarm, the women and children hurried to the fortification.    From Wordnik.com.  [Woman on the American Frontier] Reference

The Spaniards had built earthern ramparts that faced the valley, and behind the ramparts were two of the four-pounder guns that dominated the steep slope of the hill to the north.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sharpe's Enemy]

With a cruel four-pounder, he kept in great order.    From Wordnik.com.  [Charles O'Malley — Volume 2] Reference

And he's going to polish up the four-pounder until I can see my face in it.    From Wordnik.com.  [Second Plays] Reference

Twenty four-pounder guns were placed on the ramparts, facing the river on the south.    From Wordnik.com.  [With Clive in India Or, The Beginnings of an Empire] Reference

They only returned to the shore after a four-pounder had been fired over their heads.    From Wordnik.com.  [Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part 2. The Great Navigators of the Eighteenth Century] Reference

Ask for chicken, and the butcher will haul a four-pounder from the steam table to his cutting board.    From Wordnik.com.  [Seattle Weekly | Complete Issue] Reference

I ha 'getten brass, and we'll go buy the chap a sup o' milk an 'a good four-pounder this very minute.    From Wordnik.com.  [North and South] Reference

"One moment," said Bracegirdle, reaching for the lanyard of the four-pounder, and tugging at it smartly.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mr. Midshipman Easy]

Coming closer, the Texans were spread out in a sort of skirmish line, with the four-pounder in the centre.    From Wordnik.com.  [For the Liberty of Texas] Reference

The one battery available for service consisted of two eighteen-pounders and a four-pounder, mounted behind earth breastworks.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Naval History of the United States Volume 2 (of 2)] Reference

"Why, Mr MacRummle," said Mrs Gordon smilingly, "you have seen that three-pounder or four-pounder every day for a month past.".    From Wordnik.com.  [The Eagle Cliff] Reference

A musket fired over their heads had no effect, but a four-pounder charged with grape shot, though fired wide, put them to flight.    From Wordnik.com.  [Captain Cook His Life, Voyages, and Discoveries] Reference

He must have been a four-pounder, and went off, and be hanged to him, with two yards of my collar and a couple of first-rate flies.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tom Brown at Oxford] Reference

Erin Pierce of Pickford came in fourth with a five-pound pike while Jacob Hatfield picked up the fifth and final slot with a four-pounder.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sault Ste. Marie Evening News Homepage RSS] Reference

Presently there was a sound of wheels, and two four-pounder guns were brought up and placed one on each side of the gate to sweep the approaches.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Girl of the Commune] Reference

Fritz to discharge the four-pounder amongst them. ".    From Wordnik.com.  [Willis the Pilot] Reference

"many guns were fired to fetch him in," and the four-pounder on the.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Winning of the West, Volume 2 From the Alleghanies to the Mississippi, 1777-1783] Reference

"A four-pounder, if he is an ounce," said I. "I congratulate you, Miss.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Rise of Roscoe Paine] Reference

He has brought you a fine four-pounder, the record trout of the catch. ".    From Wordnik.com.  [The Story of Porcelain] Reference

Serve them right to discharge the contents of the four-pounder amongst them. ".    From Wordnik.com.  [Willis the Pilot] Reference

I caught a four-pounder on a night-line last week. ".    From Wordnik.com.  [The Young Castellan A Tale of the English Civil War] Reference

'And without the four-pounder?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Where Eagles Dare]

A four-pounder fore and a half-pounder haft.    From Wordnik.com.  [Second Plays] Reference

For a four-pounder?”.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Pillars of the Earth]

"Looks like a four-pounder.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Return] Reference

"Looks like about a four-pounder.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Return] Reference