half-quartern

How to use half-quartern in a sentence

• Davy Ramsey brought an half quartern sack to put the treasure in.

  William Lilly's History of His Life and Times | William Lilly

• Bindle with practical samaritanism went into the parlour and returned with a half-quartern bottle.

  Adventures of Bindle | Herbert George Jenkins

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

  The Slang Dictionary | John Camden Hotten

• 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