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| (in China and southeast Asia) a weight equal to 100 catties, or from about 133 to about 143 pounds avoirdupois (60–64 kg). |
[Origin: 1580–90; < Malay pikull the maximum load a man can carry
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Picul
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n. Any of various units of weight used in southeast Asia and China and equal to 100 catties, especially a Chinese unit equal to 133 1/3 pounds (about 60 kilograms). [Malay pikul, to carry the heaviest load a man can carry.] |
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| picul | |
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| a unit of weight used in some parts of Asia; approximately equal to 133 pounds (the load a grown man can carry) |
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Picul
Pec"ul\, n. See Picul.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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