"Over the next several days they bartered the coffee by the half pound and by the nogginful to neighbors, keeping back only ten pounds for their own use."
"She called Ruby and they immediately filled the roaster and parched a half pound over the fire and ground it and then brewed up the first real coffee either of them had had in over a year."
"One of Sacramentos finest has just discovered a half pound of 90 percent pure crystal methamphetamine."