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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.

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