quartern
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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
It may be stated roundly that an average quartern loaf in Great Britain is made from wheat grown in the following countries in the proportions named:— U.S.A.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 3 "Gordon, Lord George" to "Grasses" by Various
It is in these circumstances that the labouring artisan is driven to the lowest possible rate of wages, which is calculated simply upon the price of the quartern loaf.
From Blackwoods Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 365, March, 1846 by Various
When Ben heard that, he gave his trousers one hitch, and calls for a quartern, drinks it off with a sigh, and leaves the house, believing it all to be true.
From Jacob Faithful by Frederick Marryat
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
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