quartern
Example Sentences
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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
With the exception of a stone here and there—none of them larger than a quartern loaf—the sandy surface was perfectly smooth and level as a table.
From The Young Yagers A Narrative of Hunting Adventures in Southern Africa by Mayne Reid
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
She lived on fragments of a quartern loaf and water 'in a pitcher,' with the mince-pie bought for her naughty little brother.
From Historical Mysteries by Andrew Lang
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
