Pabst beer makes a 16 oz. can, when ordering one it is common to say "let me get a pabst pounder." 16 ounces makes a pound, and granted it is 16 fluid ounces, but one ounce of water is supposed to weigh one ounce, or so my high school educations says so.
let me get a pabst pounder
by Milwaukee Mark January 28, 2005