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featherweight
OXFORD DICTIONARY
featherweight, n.
1 a a weight in certain sports intermediate between bantamweight and lightweight, in the amateur boxing scale 54-7kg but differing for professionals, wrestlers, and weightlifters. b a sportsman of this weight.
2 a very light person or thing.
3 (usu. attrib.) a trifling or unimportant thing.
1 a a weight in certain sports intermediate between bantamweight and lightweight, in the amateur boxing scale 54-7kg but differing for professionals, wrestlers, and weightlifters. b a sportsman of this weight.
2 a very light person or thing.
3 (usu. attrib.) a trifling or unimportant thing.
THESAURUS
featherweight
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