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avoirdupois

 (n): a system of weights based on the 16-ounce pound (or 7,000 grains)
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4 months ago chained_bear said:

"'There ain't enough room for it on the slate, and anyhow they are avoirdupois ounces instead of Troy. But... the answer is well over two millions of money.'"
--P. O'Brian, The Wine-Dark Sea, 227

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