Winchester bushel

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Origin of Winchester bushel

1695–1705; after Winchester, England

(Rioters) were building a barricade across Winchester Street and looking for material.
Frat Culture Clashes With Riot Police at Keene, N.H., Pumpkin Festival|Melanie Plenda|October 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
But what happens at Winchester University is a microcosm of the cruel world beyond its be-crested gates.
‘Dear White People’ Is the Race Movie America Didn’t Know It Needed|Rawiya Kameir|October 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Duarte asks, referring to a bushel of fruits just brought in from the backyard orchard.
A California Tavern With an Artichoke Obsession|Jane & Michael Stern|June 1, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Alfred The Great, who was described by historians as “the most perfect character in history,” died in Winchester in 899 AD.
Scientists Find Remains of Alfred The Great Or King Edward The Elder|Nico Hines|January 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST

But Simon Winchester, the prolific British-born author who became an American citizen in 2011, tried to re-write it.
The Man Who Made America: Simone Winchester Talks New Book|Eric Herschthal|October 17, 2013|DAILY BEAST
In 1205 wheat was worth 12 pence per bushel, which was cheap, as there had been some years of famine previous thereto.
Showell's Dictionary of Birmingham|Thomas T. Harman and Walter Showell
The reported duty of Watt's Herland engine was twenty-seven millions; and if the trial was with his ordinary bushel of 112 lbs.
Life of Richard Trevithick, Volume II (of 2)|Francis Trevithick
The Greenwich high-pressure puffer-engine did fourteen millions of duty with a bushel of coals, 84 lbs.
Life of Richard Trevithick, Volume II (of 2)|Francis Trevithick
The duty was seventeen millions and a half pounds raised one foot high for each bushel of coals.
Life of Richard Trevithick, Volume II (of 2)|Francis Trevithick
A grain—requiring to be picked out with a pin and microscope—of truth, with a bushel of bunkum or cant.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce|E. R. Billings.