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long hundredweight

noun

  1. a hundredweight of 112 pounds (50.8 kilograms), the usual hundredweight in Great Britain, but now rare in the United States.


long hundredweight

noun

  1. the full name for hundredweight
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of long hundredweight1

First recorded in 1930–35

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Long, Hueylongi-