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hundredweight; hundredweights.

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Words nearby cwt

CWO, C-word, CWP, CWPS, CWS, cwt, CWU, cx, cy, CYA, cyan

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How to use cwt in a sentence

It is said to be in perfect condition now, the tenor bell weighing 26 cwt.
Bell's Cathedrals: A Short Account of Romsey Abbey|Thomas Perkins
His proposal was substantially a protective duty of twenty shillings the cwt.
The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III.|E. Farr and E. H. Nolan
The daily consumption of ice in Lima is between fifty and fifty-five cwt.
Travels in Peru, on the Coast, in the Sierra, Across the Cordilleras and the Andes, into the Primeval Forests|J. J. von Tschudi
I concluded I would not take it for two reasons: First, if they had but one cwt.
Journal of a Trip to California by the Overland Route Across the Plains in 1850-51|E. S. (Eleazer Stillman) Ingalls

The furnaces have a mid-rib dividing the product into two balls of 10 cwt., which are shingled under a 10-ton hammer.
Scientific American Supplement, Vol. XV., No. 388, June 9, 1883|Various

British Dictionary definitions for cwt

cwt

abbreviation for

hundredweight

Word Origin for cwt

c, from the Latin numeral C one hundred (centum)

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