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What does avoirdupois mean?

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Noun
  1. The official system of weights used in UK between 1856 and 1963. It had been the customary system in London since 1300.
  2. The official system of weights used in USA between 1866 and 1959.
  3. Weight; heaviness.
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Now, children are driven to and from school and in their lunch boxes you'll find potato crisps, sweets, chocolate and other goodies that add on the avoirdupois.
Its owner seems to take as much pride in her bones as the big girls of Rubens could take in their avoirdupois.
Unpeeled shrimp is, in many cases, expressed in metric units while peeled shrimp is expressed using the avoirdupois system.
Then that's the great thing about golf, age and avoirdupois seemingly is no barrier to success.
The troy pound is equal to the apothecaries' pound and to approximately 0.82 avoirdupois pound and 0.373 kilogram.
I suppose I should be thankful for the chance to make a fetish out of aging and avoirdupois.

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