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featherweight
noun
- any person or thing of comparatively light weight or small size
- an unimportant person or thing
- a boxer between a junior featherweight and a junior lightweight, with a maximum weight of 126 pounds (57.15 kg)
- the minimum weight that a racehorse may carry in a handicap
adjective
- of featherweights
- light or trivial
See featherweight in American Heritage Dictionary 4
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