quartern
Example Sentences
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I asked what the trouble was, and was told the baker had refused to sell his half-quartern loaves under sevenpence, or his quartern loaves under a shilling.
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
Bread was not within the power of the poor to obtain, as the quartern loaf, mixed with all sorts of deleterious ingredients, sold for twenty-one pence!
From Secret History of the Court of England, from the Accession of George the Third to the Death of George the Fourth, Volume I (of 2) Including, Among Other Important Matters, Full Particulars of the Mysterious Death of the Princess Charlotte by Lady Anne Hamilton
This adds six pounds of bread to the bushel, or nearly another quartern loaf and a half, making nearly fifteen quartern loaves out of the bushel of wheat.
From Cottage Economy To Which Is Added The Poor Man's Friend by William Cobbett
Phoebe, how are we to live with the quartern loaf at one and tenpence?
From Quality Street A Comedy by J. M. (James Matthew) Barrie
