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dead weight noun

  • (figuratively) That which is useless or excess; that which slows something down.
 boulet, poids mort
  • (rail) The total (unpowered) weight of a train to be propelled (or hauled) by the locomotive; another locomotive being hauled dead as part of the train is a dead weight.
 poids mort
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