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• n  a system of weights based on the 16-ounce pound (or 7,000 grains)
• n  excess bodily weight

• Britain's schoolchildren grapple for years with three different and conflicting methods of measuring weight (avoirdupois, troy and apothecaries' table), three ways of measuring .
• Old-time opera fans do not mind the drop in avoirdupois, but they sniff contemptuously at the comparatively microphonic murmuring that goes with it.
• WINNERS LOSERS RECKONING WITH THE PAST WINNERS MISS UNIVERSE Adios, avoirdupois.

• avoirdupois weight
• fatness
• fat
• blubber

• leanness