"long ton" meaning in English

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          "code": "cmn",
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          "sense": "ton of 20 hundredweights of 112 pounds each",
          "word": "長噸"
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          "sense": "ton of 20 hundredweights of 112 pounds each",
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          "sense": "ton of 20 hundredweights of 112 pounds each",
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          "sense": "ton of 20 hundredweights of 112 pounds each",
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      "sense": "ton of 20 hundredweights of 112 pounds each",
      "word": "長噸"
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