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Definitions of hundredweight
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a United States unit of weight equivalent to 100 pounds Scrapingweb Dictionary DB
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a unit of weight equal to 100 kilograms Scrapingweb Dictionary DB
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a British unit of weight equivalent to 112 pounds Scrapingweb Dictionary DB
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A denomination of weight, containing 100, 112, or 120 pounds avoirdupois, according to differing laws or customs. By the legal standard of England it is 112 pounds. In most of the United States, both in practice and by law, it is 100 pounds avoirdupois, the corresponding ton of 2,000 pounds, sometimes called the short ton, being the legal ton. Webster Dictionary DB
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A weight the twentieth part of a ton, or 112 pounds a voirdupois; orig. a hundred lbs., abbreviated cwt. (c. standing for L. centum, wt. for weight). The american dictionary of the english language. By Daniel Lyons. Published 1899.
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A weight commonly reckoned in the United States, and sometimes in England, at 100 lbs. avoirdupois, but commonly in England at 112 lbs. The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language. By James Champlin Fernald. Published 1919.
Usage examples for hundredweight
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Yon
fellow
in
the
pulpit
fires
shells
of
a
hundredweight
I
should
say.
– The Progressionists, and Angela. by Conrad von Bolanden
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Hans
ran
and
ran
without
stopping,
until
he
came
to
the
sea-
shore,
and
there
far,
far
out
on
the
water,
he
perceived
a
little
boat
in
which
his
faithless
comrades
were
sitting;
and
in
fierce
anger
he
leapt,
without
thinking
what
he
was
doing,
club
in
hand
into
the
water,
and
began
to
swim,
but
the
club,
which
weighed
a
hundredweight
dragged
him
deep
down
until
he
was
all
but
drowned.
– Household Tales by Brothers Grimm by Grimm Brothers
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