quartern
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He had just bailed out the boat, when stooping down, he put his hand in, and, feeling round, discovered to his great joy a large piece of bread, the best part of a quartern loaf.
From Adrift in a Boat by William Henry Giles Kingston
Well, say the best is a penny a quartern more—and the wife seems so satisfied because she thinks she is saving.
From Original Penny Readings A Series of Short Sketches by George Manville Fenn
We have seen in some churches piles of fruit and vegetables that would furnish a shop, in addition to sheaves of corn and stacks of quartern loaves.
From England in the Days of Old by William Andrews
The quartern loaf of 4 lb. or 64 oz. now costs 5d., wheat being very cheap.
From The History of London by Sir Walter Besant
Flour rose during this season to 60l. per ton, and the quartern loaf in Sydney was sold at 3s. 4d.
From Trade and Travel in the Far East or Recollections of twenty-one years passed in Java, Singapore, Australia and China. by G. F. Davidson
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