half-quarter
- a word derived from quarter.
Example Sentences
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You must dispense with one half-quarter of an ounce in weighing out your pound of flesh, my best of friends, and make it two-and-six.'
From Martin Chuzzlewit by Dickens, Charles
Date of taking the rooms, February, 1882, at the half-quarter.
From The Ivory Gate, a new edition by Besant, Walter, Sir
In 1721, an offer of 21s. per annum was accepted in lieu of the straw and rushes, and in 1744, the sum of 10s. yearly in place of the half-quarter of wheat.
From England in the Days of Old by Andrews, William
I will only beg of her to hear me speak for one half-quarter of an hour; and, if she will have it so, I will never trouble her more.
From Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 8 by Richardson, Samuel
In fact it will soon be necessary to complete the system by the admission of quarter and half-quarter tones until something better turns up!—
From Letters of Franz Liszt -- Volume 1 from Paris to Rome: Years of Travel as a Virtuoso by Bache, Constance
