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    [Noun]  | "av*oir*du*pois" | \ ˌa-vər-də-ˈpȯiz \


    1: avoirdupois weight

    2: weight, heaviness; especially : personal weight

    Origin: 15th century ;

     Middle English avoir de pois goods sold by weight, from Anglo-French, literally, goods of weight;

    [Noun]  | "avoirdupois weight" 


    1: the series of units of weight based on the pound of 16 ounces and the ounce of 16 drams

    Origin: 1619 ;

    [Adjective]  | "avoirdupois" 


    1: expressed in avoirdupois weight

    Origin: 1619 ;

    [Noun]  | "avoirdupois" 


    1: the amount that something weighs;


      * e.g., " ... the coach limited his recruiting to linebackers of a certain avoirdupois "




    2: the state or quality of being heavy;


      * e.g., " ... told his patient that he had to do something about his unhealthy avoirdupois and that exercising would be a good start "



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     [ "avoirdupois" ]

    1: a unit of weight equal to 1/36th pood

      * e.g.,  ... "Only a jackass would use the word iavoirdupois/i in a sentence" 

     [ "avoirdupois in the stomach area" ]

    1: A much more pleasant way of referring to a fat persons stomach

      * e.g.,  ... Some of us can use a little help in putting on socks. Perhaps avoirdupois in the stomach area makes it difficult for you to put on socks. 

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