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hundredweight 1. Brit a unit of weight equal to 112 pounds or 50.802 35 kilograms 2. US and Canadian a unit of weight equal to 100 pounds or 45.359 24 kilograms 3. a metric unit of weight equal to 50 kilograms hundredweight [′hən·drə‚dwāt] (science and technology) Abbreviated cwt. A unit of weight, in common use in the United States, equal to 100 pounds or the weight of 45.359237 kilograms. Also known as cental; centner; kintal; quintal; short hundredweight. A unit of weight in common use in the United Kingdom equal to 112 pounds or to the weight of 50.80234544 kilograms. Also known as long hundredweight. A unit of weight in troy measure equal to 100 troy pounds or the weight of 37.32417216 kilograms. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| "Yes, yes, too heavy," he said; "but that's not my fault; the foreman came just as we were starting, and would have three hundredweight more put on to save him trouble, and I must get on with it as well as I can. I reckoned that the haul had brought in more than nine hundredweight of fish. Every pound lost, would have been a hundredweight of happiness gained. |
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