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| 单词 | peck-loaf |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspeck-loaf peck-loaf n. now historical a loaf of bread made from a peck of flour. 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 a1627 T. Middleton & W. Rowley Old Law (1656) iv. 58 I never durst eat Oysters, nor cut peck loaves. 1773 F. Gentleman Pantheonites i. i. 3 I was the means of lifting up the peck loaf two-pence last week. 1806 T. S. Surr Winter in London I. viii. 196 The lord mayor ordered the price of bread to be raised one penny in the peck-loaf. 1959 Hist. Jrnl. 2 10 Unfortunately the price of the wheaten peck-loaf (17lb. 6oz.), quoted daily at the Assize of Bread in London, is not given for this period. < as lemmas |
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