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单词 quarter-sack
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quarter-sack
quarter-sack n. (originally) a sack capable of holding a quarter of grain, etc.; (later) one quarter of a sack of a specified or standard size, or the contents of this.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > receptacle or container > bag > [noun] > sack > of specific size
quarter-sackc1422
bushel-poke?1523
the world > relative properties > measurement > the scientific measurement of volume > measure(s) of capacity > [noun] > dry measure > specific dry measure units > bag or sack as unit
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c1422 T. Hoccleve Dialogus (Durh.) l. 669 in Minor Poems (1970) i. 134 Thy wordes fille wolde a quarter sak.
?1567 Merie Tales Master Skelton sig. Cviiv The miller hauyng a great quarter sacke.
a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Cambr. 156 Quarter-sacks were here first used, men commonly carrying..eight bushels of Barly.
1726 J. Laurence New Syst. Agric. iv. 133 Horn-Shavings are sold for Eight Shillings and Six-pence the Quarter Sack.
1853 Times 6 Dec. 8/2 Flour.—Transactions have been lighter the past fortnight..though small lots of 1,000 and 2,000 sacks went off at 9.25 for whole sacks, and a slight advance for half and quarter sacks.
a1979 B. D'J. Pancake Stories (1983) 65 Brownie never sold anything bigger than a quarter-sack of nails before noon.
2004 Toronto Star (Nexis) 10 Aug. a10 Soldiers from the rebel Sudanese Liberation Army controlling the area distributed a quarter sack of maize flour to each family.
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