half-quartern

Historical Examples of half-quartern

• Davy Ramsay brought a half-quartern sack to put the treasure in.

  Old and New London

  Walter Thornbury

• Among London thieves and low people generally a deadun is a half-quartern loaf.

  The Slang Dictionary

  John Camden Hotten

• Part of Jorrocks's half-quartern loaf was bartered with the captain of an East Indiaman for a slice of buffalo-beef.

  Jorrocks' Jaunts and Jollities

  Robert Smith Surtees

• Oh, sir—but do forgive me for making free to ask such a thing—if you would only let it be a half-quartern loaf instead?

  Johnny Ludlow. First Series

  Mrs. Henry Wood

• Students of the half-quartern household loaf will appreciate the niceties involved.

  When Ghost Meets Ghost

  William Frend De Morgan