hundredweight in English

noun
1
a unit of weight equal to one twentieth of a ton, in particular.
noun

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1. Four hundredweight of gold, jewels and treasure.

2. "Cwt" is the abbreviation for hundredweight, 12 cwt referring to the weight of the gun.

3. But there you are, and please Clap a hundredweight on your appetite for figuring, will you

4. The first Absconder was one Juma, who deserted with half a hundredweight of biscuit that night

5. For every hundredweight of powder stored, the mines were then charged a taler towards the repayment of the advance.

6. 27 In 18 and later, butter was discovered buried, and packed in firkins (small, wooden vessel or cask) usually holding 112 English hundredweight.