quartern
Example Sentences
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"Now for a bite o' bread and butter," said Mother, sawing away at a quartern loaf.
From The Sailor by J. C. Snaith
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
And this yere was first the roial, half roial, and quartern aungel, and aungellet of golde.
From A Chronicle of London from 1089 to 1483 Written in the Fifteenth Century, and for the First Time Printed from MSS. in the British Museum by Sir Nicholas Harris Nicolas
Meanwhile take a quartern of the finest flour, and rub in about an ounce of butter.
From The Lady's Own Cookery Book, and New Dinner-Table Directory; In Which will Be Found a Large Collection of Original Receipts. 3rd ed. by Lady Charlotte Campbell Bury
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
