quartern

Example Sentences

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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 Marryat, Frederick

It was two shillings and three quartern loaves a week.

From A Child of the Jago by Morrison, Arthur

"Half a quartern," stammered the boy, in a frightened voice.

From What the Moon Saw: and Other Tales by Dulcken, H. W. (Henry William)

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 Fenn, George Manville

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.