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long hundredweight

long hun·dred·weight
L l

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [lawng, long huhn-drid-weyt]
    • /lɔŋ, lɒŋ ˈhʌn drɪdˌweɪt/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [lawng, long huhn-drid-weyt]
    • /lɔŋ, lɒŋ ˈhʌn drɪdˌweɪt/

Definitions of long hundredweight words

  • noun long hundredweight a hundredweight of 112 pounds (50.8 kg), the usual hundredweight in Great Britain, but now rare in the U.S. 1
  • noun long hundredweight the British hundredweight 0
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Origin of long hundredweight

First appearance:

before 1930
One of the 10% newest English words
First recorded in 1930-35

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Parts of speech for Long hundredweight

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
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long hundredweight popularity

This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 27% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.
According to our data about 67% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

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