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Lightweight   /lˈaɪtwˈeɪt/   Listen
Lightweight

noun
1.
A professional boxer who weighs between 131 and 135 pounds.
2.
Someone who is unimportant but cheeky and presumptuous.  Synonyms: jackanapes, whippersnapper.
3.
An amateur boxer who weighs no more than 132 pounds.
4.
A wrestler who weighs 139-154 pounds.



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"Lightweight" Quotes from Famous Books



... simple and inexpensive form of construction should be used. In all sections of the country, excepting the extreme north, a single wall of matched boards on a light frame is perfectly satisfactory. Unmatched boards with battens nailed over the cracks or a layer of lightweight roofing paper over all are equally good. In fact, in case of necessity, one may use the roughest of lumber, and by covering the entire structure with roofing paper make a building which is tight and comfortable and ...
— Pratt's Practical Pointers on the Care of Livestock and Poultry • Pratt Food Co.
... Bud left the laboratory half an hour later, Tom had already plunged into work on his newest invention. The idea was simple enough in itself, Tom felt. The main problem would be the design job—laying out a compact, lightweight unit which a swimmer could easily ...
— Tom Swift and the Electronic Hydrolung • Victor Appleton


Words linked to "Lightweight" :   prizefighter, wrestler, nobody, boxer, cypher, nonentity, cipher, pugilist, light, matman, unimportant, grappler, gladiator


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