quartern

Example Sentences

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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

As if all the speeches of all the fools in Staffordshire would lower the quartern loaf!

From The Great House by Weyman, Stanley John

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 Eaton, Mary, fl. 1823-1849

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 Brock, H. M. (Henry Matthew)

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