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Noun: pennyweight  'penee`weyt
  1. A unit of apothecary weight equal to 24 grains

Derived forms: pennyweights

Type of: troy unit

Part of: apothecaries' ounce, ounce, troy ounce

Encyclopedia: Pennyweight

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