Why Does Smoot Mean?
A Unit of Measurement Equal to Five Feet, Seven Inches (1.7018 Meters), Often Cited When Discussing the Inherent Arbitrariness of Measurement Units. [After...
A unit of measurement equal to five feet, seven inches (1.7018 meters), often cited when discussing the inherent arbitrariness of measurement units. [After Oliver Smoot, Jr. (born 1940), whose height was used as the basis for the measurement.]
What is a Smoot in measurements?
A smoot is the length of one 18 year old Oliver R. Smoot — which translates to five feet seven inches, exactly.
What does Smoot mean in slang?
(smuːt) verb (intransitive) printing slang. to do casual work as a printer.
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