| 单词 | quartern loaf |
| 释义 | > as lemmasquartern loaf quartern loaf n. now historical a loaf made of a quartern of flour; a four-pound loaf. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > bread > loaf > [noun] > loaves of specific weight peck-loafa1627 quartern loaf?1711 assize loaf1762 prized loaf1762 quartern1843 four-pounder1855 sixer1877 ?1711 Some Reasons for Alterations in Act of Parl. regulating Price & Assize of Bread (single sheet) There is no Provission in the Act for making Peck, Half Peck, Quartern and Half Quartern Loaves. 1812 Examiner 23 Aug. 531/1 The price of the Quartern Loaf still continues at 1s. 8d. 1924 Times 16 July 14/5 In February last..bakers advanced the price of bread sold over the counter in London from 8d. to 8½d. per quartern loaf. 1998 D. Pool What Jane Austen ate & Charles Dickens Knew (new ed.) Gloss. 337 A quartern loaf of bread weighed about four pounds. < as lemmas |
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