They are on sale only in a very small number of kiosks, and are immediately snapped up by eager buyers, generally with a "makeweight" of non-saleable printed matter.    From Wordnik.com.  [Andrei Sakharov - Nobel Lecture] Reference

Beneath the disc was welded a box for the makeweight.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Stars Are Also Fire]

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“He is not to marry some York makeweight,” I say, instantly irritated.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Red Queen] Reference

It's a makeweight argument, which is why even the Obama people dropped it after the first outing.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sarah Palin: "Is it political? Is it sexism? What is it that drives someone to believe the worst and perpetuate the worst ... gossip and lies?"] Reference

And then, as a makeweight in the bargain, the venal sacristan placed in my hands the head of Charlemagne.    From Wordnik.com.  [Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 85, January, 1875] Reference

Problems and Solutions and in a further book traditionally known as Mantissa (literally, “makeweight”).    From Wordnik.com.  [Commentators on Aristotle] Reference

Anyway, nice format and analysis from Dan Balz, even if WaPo's editors slacked off on the makeweight questions.    From Wordnik.com.  ["8 Questions the Potomac Primary Could Answer."] Reference

Rumours that the striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic will be used as a makeweight in the deal show the silly season is here.    From Wordnik.com.  [Cesc Fábregas moving to Barcelona is good business for Arsenal too] Reference

But there are heavy duties, deep responsibilities, and much true heart-felt anxiety to stand as makeweight against all these sweets.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hunting Sketches] Reference

The organized state militias no longer fulfil their constitutional role of providing a makeweight against a military coup, that bane of democracies.    From Wordnik.com.  [Why Bush Considered Sending Military into Buffalo, NY] Reference

It actually was at last thrown in as a makeweight.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tales and Novels — Volume 09] Reference

It had served its purpose admirably as a makeweight for.    From Wordnik.com.  [Twenty Years of Congress, Volume 2 (of 2) From Lincoln to Garfield, with a Review of the Events Which Led to the Political Revolution of 1860] Reference

They find the makeweight intolerable before they have crossed the.    From Wordnik.com.  [Some Private Views] Reference

Argentina captain which may also include Alexander Hleb as a makeweight.    From Wordnik.com.  [icLiverpool] Reference

They are men of prudence, and persuade E. to go with them, as a makeweight.    From Wordnik.com.  [Some Private Views] Reference

"I'll throw in two for makeweight," said the woman with her good-natured look.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Little Princess; being the whole story of Sara Crewe now told for the first time] Reference

They might serve as a makeweight to turn the scale in favor of his beatification.    From Wordnik.com.  [The History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella the Catholic — Volume 3] Reference

Yon apple was meant to live an 'bear fruit; the bonny apple's juist the makeweight.    From Wordnik.com.  [Captivity] Reference

Unsettled Brazilian star Robinho could move to Barcelona as a makeweight in the deal.    From Wordnik.com.  [HomePage - The Sun] Reference

They therefore subscribed a half-dollar piece each, in coin, as a sort of makeweight.    From Wordnik.com.  [On the Spanish Main Or, Some English forays on the Isthmus of Darien.] Reference

Shaun Wright-Phillips is being offered to Aston Villa in a cut-price makeweight in the.    From Wordnik.com.  [Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph] Reference

Roches balanced Hubert de Burgh, so the archbishop acted as a makeweight to the legate.    From Wordnik.com.  [The History of England From the Accession of Henry III. to the Death of Edward III. (1216-1377)] Reference

& nbsp "I'll throw in two for makeweight," said the woman with her good - natured look.    From Wordnik.com.  [sheepdip Diary Entry] Reference

The mega-rich Eastlands club are still no closer to resolving their dispute with makeweight.    From Wordnik.com.  [Express & StarExpress & Star] Reference

Stephen Ireland on his way to Aston Villa as a £8m makeweight in City's £24m swoop for James.    From Wordnik.com.  [Independent.ie - Frontpage RSS Feed] Reference

Van der Vaart has been linked as a makeweight in Real's bid for Villa star Ashley Young, but he told.    From Wordnik.com.  [tribalfootball.com] Reference

The youngster will not be departing as the makeweight in a deal for another player, according to the Welshman.    From Wordnik.com.  [WN.com - Articles related to UNESCO includes tango dance in its list of world cultural treasures] Reference

All that was eaten afterwards was literally, with them, pure makeweight, though they kept a hungry look to the last.    From Wordnik.com.  [Recollections of Europe] Reference

It opened without the intended makeweight, and the court of France was less inclined to make concessions for a peace.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Reign of Mary Tudor] Reference

If you climb straight you'll end with an appointment of Physician-in-Ordinary and a knighthood thrown in as makeweight.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Seven Secrets] Reference

I have no sword; and if I had, in this case, most certainly, I would not use it as a makeweight in political reasoning.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 04 (of 12)] Reference

The player, a £8-million makeweight in a player-plus-cash exchange, will receive around half of the amount he was asking for.    From Wordnik.com.  [TODAYonline] Reference

Northwest would be the makeweight in the balance for the Union; and that every nerve must be strained to hold the border States of.    From Wordnik.com.  [Stephen A. Douglas A Study in American Politics] Reference

If ever North should be arrayed against South, the makeweight in the balance would be these pioneers of the Northwest and Southwest.    From Wordnik.com.  [Stephen A. Douglas A Study in American Politics] Reference

Brum boss Alex McLeish has been keen on Baggies midfielder Graham Dorrans of late and Carsley could be used as a makeweight in any deal.    From Wordnik.com.  [tribalfootball.com] Reference