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What is a picul?

What is a picul? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (units of measure) A traditional South and East Asian unit of weight, based upon the load of a shoulder pole and varying by place and over time but usually standardized at about 60 kg.
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This is divided between the two houses, and the price they pay is from four to five dollars the picul.
One cartload of the enemy's provisions is equivalent to twenty of one's own, and likewise a single picul of his provender is equivalent to twenty from one's own store.
It takes eight cabanes measure of fresh-picked ripe berries to turn out one picul weight of clean beans.
In the Chinese markets, a picul of Munang is worth 15 to 25 dollars.
In these cases an industrious workman may obtain as much as one picul in a week.
A common estimate of the average number of nuts required for a picul is three hundred.

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