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Lightweight   Listen
adjective
Lightweight  adj.  
1.
Light in weight, as a coin; specif., applied to a man or animal who is a lightweight.
2.
Made of thin cloth, of relatively little weight; of clothing or fabrics; as, lightweight fabrics.





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"Lightweight" Quotes from Famous Books



... 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 carry on ...
— Tom Swift and the Electronic Hydrolung • Victor Appleton
... shrill old voice, "I take pleasure to introduce Joe Madden, undefeated 'eavyweight champion o' the world, an' the Guv—both members of this club an' both trained by me, Jack Bowser, once lightweight champion of England an' hall the Americas. Gentlemen, it will be a fight to a finish—Markis o' Queensberry rules. Gentlemen—I thank ye." Having said which, the Old Un bowed again, gravely stepped from the ring, and ensconcing himself in the armchair, drew out a large and highly ornate ...
— The Definite Object - A Romance of New York • Jeffery Farnol


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