hundredweight
noun
a unit of avoirdupois weight commonly equivalent to 100 pounds (45.359 kilograms) in the U.S. cwt
hundredweights
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pluralof hundredweight.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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The tons shrank to hundredweights, the hundredweights to pounds, the pounds to ounces.
From Time Magazine Archive
Anyone that delivers hundredweights of coal is not a Frankie.
From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt
I don’t care what they call me anymore as long as my eyes are clearing up and I have a regular job lifting hundredweights of coal on a float.
From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt
They don’t know I spent the day delivering hundredweights of coal and turf.
From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt
Mr. Hannon says the man who delivered sixteen hundredweights of coal and turf deserves a pint and the boy who helped him deserves a lemonade.
From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt
