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  • noun Plural form of lightweight.

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Examples

  • And finally, I suspect what you call the lightweights in other parties would want him to stay - just as they would like Mike German and Lembit Opik to stay.

    Goodbye Ming Glyn Davies 2007

  • Neither would I, "electoral lightweights" is a possibility though ...

    A no-score draw Jeff 2007

  • Meanwhile, the so-called "lightweights" - the Shane Geraghtys and Mathew Taits - have blipped their way clean off the radar.

    The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed 2011

  • The lightweights are a little easier to figure out with Roop and Phillipe Nover both wanting to fight each other, while Browning and Efrain Escudero agree that the ideal fight would be against each other.

    UFC 2008

  • The lightweights are a little easier to figure out with Roop and Phillipe Nover both wanting to fight each other, while Browning and Efrain Escudero agree that the ideal fight would be against each other.

    UFC 2008

  • The lightweights are a little easier to figure out with Roop and Phillipe Nover both wanting to fight each other, while Browning and Efrain Escudero agree that the ideal fight would be against each other.

    UFC 2008

  • Not too many "lightweights" self-author two national bestsellers.

    Los Angeles Times Declares That Hillary Is No Longer Frontrunner 2009

  • Not too many "lightweights" graduate magna cum laude from Columbia in Economics and International Affairs or from Harvard Law School after serving as President of the Law Review.

    Los Angeles Times Declares That Hillary Is No Longer Frontrunner 2009

  • Not too many "lightweights" earn a reputation as a policy wiz from members of both parties as did Obama in the Illinios Senate.

    Los Angeles Times Declares That Hillary Is No Longer Frontrunner 2009

  • Niceness is one thing we could use in today's world, but none of the current contenders strike me as smiling "lightweights," so don't panic.

    Patricia DeGennaro: Presidential Hopefuls and the Bloomberg Blues... 2008

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