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Three-stone weakling

From Wikipedia, stone is defined as a unit：

The stone or stone weight (abbreviation: st.) is an English and imperial unit of weight or mass now equal to 14 avoirdupois pounds (6.35029318 kg).

One stone is 14 pounds; Three stone would be 42 pounds.

A weakling is a person or animal that is physically weak and frail.

What does "three-stone weakling" mean? A weak person whose weights 42 pounds?

There is another phrase about three-stone: three-stone ring. Does "three-stone" in this phrase mean 42 pounds too? It is quite heavy!

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    Probably "a person whose weight is 42 pounds". This is quite a small weight, so understandably, such person is weaker than the majority of persons. – CowperKettle Dec 28 '15 at 4:53
  • 42 pounds is too heavy for a person? – Varun Nair Dec 28 '15 at 5:08
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    A three stone ring is a ring (typically worn on a finger) that has three prominent gems. – Jasper Dec 28 '15 at 5:21
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The term 'three-stone ring' may sound similar to 'three-stone weakling' but they are different.

A 'three stone ring' refers to the number of gems within the ring. Example: A wedding ring that has three diamonds.

The term "three stone weakling" refers to a person who is weak and underweight. 42 pounds is heavy, but not in human weight.

This is from 2005: enter image description here

Asia has the lowest Average body mass(kg) being 57.7 which is 127.2067 pounds. That is more that 3 times more than 42 pounds.

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