16 Mess, make a Tale, which here is 20 s. English, 5 Tale make a Bancal, a weight so called, and 20 Bancal make a Catty, another weight.

Transparent yellow pieces are the best; the price is from eight to fourteen dollars per catty, according to size and quality.

To limit team members' consumption, it issued food stamps to the villagers and allowed everyone to eat one catty of rice a day.

“Give me your slingshot, and I'll let you have it back after school this afternoon,” she said firmly. […] I stuck the 'catty' into my back pocket and ran outside to meet the others.

You could also keep a tennis ball and a frog, or a catapult and a frog, but not all three together. I know because I tried it. The frog got a bit squashed between the ball and the handle of the catty.

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