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Definition of Featherweights
1. featherweight [n] - See also: featherweight
Lexicographical Neighbors of Featherweights
Literary usage of Featherweights
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Letters of William James by William James (1920)
"... as for my quantity, I became convinced some time ago and reconciled to the
notion, that I was one of the very lightest of featherweights. ..."
2. The Oxford History of Music by William Henry Hadow (1904)
"Of these the first was fulfilled by the general course of events. The featherweights
of the popular Italian music were piled high on the monodic scale, ..."
3. The Arena by Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) (1908)
"Some of them are important, but most are featherweights. We will deal with them
after they have been presented by the remonstrants. FRANK PARSONS. ..."
4. A Diplomat's Wife in Mexico by Edith O'Shaughnessy (1916)
"There are seventy cases—and not featherweights. He fell over the threshold, as
he entered, and was picked up by Nelson and the butler. ..."
5. Memoirs by Mark Pattison (1885)
"I again frittered away time over outlying books—Lysias, Cicero de Legibus, Terence,
and other featherweights, which counted for nothing in the schools, ..."
6. Chemistry of Pulp and Paper Making by Edwin Sutermeister (1920)
"... increase the weight more than the bulk of the paper and therefore cannot be
largely used in light, bulky papers such as the so-called "featherweights. ..."
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