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
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
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
"Only half a quartern," stammered the boy in a frightened voice.
From Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen by H. C. (Hans Christian) Andersen
"Half a quartern," stammered the boy, in a frightened voice.
From What the Moon Saw: and Other Tales by H. W. (Henry William) Dulcken
