pound zip-bit

English translation: five-year minimum sentence

17:27 May 23, 2017
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English term or phrase: pound zip-bit
Malone pushes Fat Teddy up against the car and searches through the thick padding of the dealer’s coat, relieving him of a .25 ACP. The dope slingers do love these weird-caliber weapons.
“Uh-oh,” Malone says. “Convicted felon in possession of a concealed firearm. That’s a pound zip-bit right there.”
Five-year minimum sentence.

Even the invaluable Urban Dictionary has failed me with this.
allp
Poland
Local time: 17:37
Selected answer:five-year minimum sentence
Explanation:
It's explained in the text. A pound is a five-year sentence. I'm not sure where "zip bit" fits in, but maybe it means minimum. I'll see if I can find an explanation.

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Note added at 51 mins (2017-05-23 18:19:33 GMT)
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It means a sentence:
"I was linked to a 40‐year‐old upstate black man named Willie, who'd copped out on a burglary charge and drawn a zip‐seven. A zip bit (sentence) means you serve anywhere from the time it takes to pop your fingers to all you can swallow—which in Willie's case would have meant seven years."
http://www.nytimes.com/1971/10/10/archives/an-attica-graduat...
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five-year minimum sentence


Explanation:
It's explained in the text. A pound is a five-year sentence. I'm not sure where "zip bit" fits in, but maybe it means minimum. I'll see if I can find an explanation.

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Note added at 51 mins (2017-05-23 18:19:33 GMT)
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It means a sentence:
"I was linked to a 40‐year‐old upstate black man named Willie, who'd copped out on a burglary charge and drawn a zip‐seven. A zip bit (sentence) means you serve anywhere from the time it takes to pop your fingers to all you can swallow—which in Willie's case would have meant seven years."
http://www.nytimes.com/1971/10/10/archives/an-attica-graduat...


    Reference: http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,879338,...
philgoddard
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agree  Jörgen Slet
20 hrs

agree  Yasutomo Kanazawa
20 hrs

agree  Yvonne Gallagher: certainly seems like it
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