Kool G Rap & DJ Polo

three pound

noun

Published on April 4, 2020, 5:07 a.m.

a .357 caliber handgun

Categories Numbers ⋅ Weapons

Collocates chips ⋅ creep ⋅ four fifth ⋅ heat ⋅ pack ⋅ shank ⋅ trey eight ⋅ yo

Etymology perhaps from a 20th century slang sense of pound meaning $5

Shout-outs Bobby Brown ⋅ New York City, New York, USA

Synonyms three pound seven ⋅ trey pound ⋅ trey pound seven

1992-11-24 Kool G Rap & DJ Polo "Train Robbery" [Live & Let Die]
One carries a three pound, the other a four fifth
1993-07-06 Akinyele "30 Days" [Vagina Diner]
Pass the three-pound, show it to king clown, and watch him lounge
1994-06-21 Grand Daddy I.U. "Wet 'Em Up" [Lead Pipe]
The three-pound'll turn New York to a ghost town

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