Pound (village)
An animal pound was a place where stray livestock such as pigs would impounded in a dedicated enclosure until claimed by their owners, or sold to cover the costs of impounding.
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Famous quotes containing the word pound:
“Tell her that goes
With song upon her lips
But sings not out the song, nor knows
The maker of it, some other mouth,
May be as fair as hers,”
—Ezra Pound (1885–1972)