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Lightweight
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Part of speech: noun (n.)
1. In boxing, wrestling, etc., one weighingnot more than 133 pounds (U. S. amateur rules 135 pounds, Eng. 140 pounds).
2. A person of small impotance or mental ability. [Colloq., Chiefly U. S.]
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 2
Part of speech: adjective (a.)
Light in weight, as a coin; specif., applied to a man or animal who is a lightweight.