quartern
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It is in these circumstances that the labouring artisan is driven to the lowest possible rate of wages, which is calculated simply upon the price of the quartern loaf.
From Blackwoods Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 365, March, 1846 by Various
The quartern loaf of 4 lb. or 64 oz. now costs 5d., wheat being very cheap.
From The History of London by Sir Walter Besant
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
Soak the crumb of a quartern loaf in rather more than two quarts of new milk made hot.
From The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, Adapted to the Use of Private Families by Mary Eaton
I tasted it myself, because the municipality had made a great point of introducing it to the lower classes at twopence per quartern less than the first quality.
From An Englishman in Paris Notes and Recollections by Albert D.
