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Featherweight   /fˈɛðərwˌeɪt/   Listen
Featherweight

noun
1.
An amateur boxer who weighs no more than 126 pounds.
2.
Weighs 126-139 pounds.
3.
A professional boxer who weighs between 123 and 126 pounds.



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"Featherweight" Quotes from Famous Books



... support them both," put in Head-nurse; "she is but a featherweight, and there is ...
— The Adventures of Akbar • Flora Annie Steel
... there was no resisting that little brown Titania, with her little head overladen with its beautiful hair, her red, delicate mouth closing firm and sweet above that little decided chin, her eyes which seemed to concentrate the light. She seemed only a featherweight when the bewildered doctor helped her to alight—an undoubted sprite and creature of romance. But to hear her arranging about all the domestic necessities within, and disclosing her future plans for the children, ...
— The Doctor's Family • Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant


Words linked to "Featherweight" :   gladiator, wrestler, pugilist, grappler, prizefighter, boxer, matman


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