quartern
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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
Cut into eight half quarters a quartern loaf, two days old; it must neither be newer nor staler.
From The Cook's Oracle; and Housekeeper's Manual by William Kitchiner
Out of this I had to pay ten pounds house-rent; at that time too every thing was dear; for a quartern of corn cost six pounds, and a quart of wine eight rapps.
From The Autobiography of Thomas Platter, a schoolmaster of the sixteenth century. by Thomas Platter
The price of the quartern loaf rose to sixpence, in place of fivepence; but the wages of labourers on the land rose by nearly 25 per cent., and the demand exceeded the supply.
From The Message by H. M. (Henry Matthew) Brock
A paper bag containing half a quartern loaf was also given to each, and the contents rapidly disappeared.
From Mystic London: or, Phases of occult life in the metropolis by Charles Maurice Davies
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