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1. (n.) avoirdupois
Informal. bodily weight; heaviness:
excess avoirdupois.
Etymology: (1250–1300; ME avoir de pois lit., property of weight < OF, =avoir (< L habēre to have) +de (< L dē) +pois (< L pēnsum) weight)
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1. (noun) avoirdupois, avoirdupois weight
a system of weights based on the 16-ounce pound (or 7,000 grains)
2. (noun) fatness, fat, blubber, avoirdupois
excess bodily weight
"she disliked fatness in herself as well as in others"
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1. (noun) avoirdupois
goods sold by weight
2. (noun) avoirdupois
avoirdupois weight
3. (noun) avoirdupois
weight; heaviness; as, a woman of much avoirdupois
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