quartern
Example Sentences
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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
Phoebe, how are we to live with the quartern loaf at one and tenpence?
From Quality Street A Comedy by J. M. (James Matthew) Barrie
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
But I know that by nightfall you could not have purchased a quartern loaf for elevenpence halfpenny within ten miles of Charing Cross.
From The Message by H. M. (Henry Matthew) Brock
We have seen in some churches piles of fruit and vegetables that would furnish a shop, in addition to sheaves of corn and stacks of quartern loaves.
From England in the Days of Old by William Andrews
