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shortweight

American  
[shawrt-weyt] / ˈʃɔrtˌweɪt /

verb (used with object)

  1. to give less than the weight charged for.

    The firm is accused of shortweighting grain.

noun

  1. the insufficient weight given in this manner.

Etymology

Origin of shortweight

First recorded in 1925–30; short + weight

Example Sentences

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Since the power to license is the power to reform, Commissioner Moss, who is as notable for his integrity as for his dapper dress, lost no time suppressing shortweight ice dealers, market racketeers, dirty magazine publishers.

From Time Magazine Archive

That he "sold shortweight coal in Denver, blackmailing and browbeating customers."

From Time Magazine Archive

Heywood Broun: ". . . . emotionally shortweight."

From Time Magazine Archive

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