quartern

Example Sentences

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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 Cobbett, William

"Only half a quartern," stammered the boy in a frightened voice.

From Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen by Andersen, H. C. (Hans Christian)

"Half a quartern," stammered the boy, in a frightened voice.

From What the Moon Saw: and Other Tales by Dulcken, H. W. (Henry William)

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 Brock, H. M. (Henry Matthew)

The quartern loaf of 4 lb. or 64 oz. now costs 5d., wheat being very cheap.

From The History of London by Besant, Walter, Sir