"avoirdupois" meaning in English

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      "word": "avoirdupois ounce"
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        "The official system of weights used in the UK between 1856 and 1963. It had been the customary system in London since 1300."
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        "(historical) The official system of weights used in the USA between 1866 and 1959."
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          "text": "It seems humanly reasonable that the three of us can woman-handle a mere man of your elderly and insulting avoirdupois.",
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          "ref": "2012, Frank Lean, Boiling Point:",
          "text": "The detective sergeant, who was called Munro, more than made up for Cullen's advance in the avoirdupois department. Lean to the point of emaciation, Munro was also a paragon of contemporary fashion. He was clad in a hideous brown suit […]",
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        "Weight; heaviness."
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        "(chiefly humorous) Weight; heaviness."
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          "ref": "1357, John Mandeville, The Travels of Sir John Mandeville, modernized spelling edition:",
          "text": "From that mountain go men to the city of Thauriso that was wont to be clept Taxis, that is a full fair city and a great, and one of the best that is in the world for merchandise; thither come all merchants for to buy avoirdupois, and it is in the land of the Emperor of Persia.",
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        "Merchandise."
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        "(obsolete) Merchandise."
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    "en:Units of measure"
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          "text": "The detective sergeant, who was called Munro, more than made up for Cullen's advance in the avoirdupois department. Lean to the point of emaciation, Munro was also a paragon of contemporary fashion. He was clad in a hideous brown suit […]",
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        "(obsolete) Merchandise."
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