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Brewer's: Dead Weight
The weight of something without life; a burden that does nothing towards easing its own weight; a person who encumbers us and renders no assistance. (See Dead Lift.)
Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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