quartern in English
noun
1
a quarter of a pint.
They seat themselves at their tables, calling, some for pots of beer, some for quarterns of gin
noun
fourthquarterone-fourthfourth part
Use "quartern" in a sentence
Below are sample sentences containing the word "quartern" from the English Dictionary. We can refer to these sentence patterns for sentences in case of finding sample sentences with the word "quartern", or refer to the context using the word "quartern" in the English Dictionary.
1. Cratchit entered-flushed, but smiling proudly-with the pudding, like a speckled cannon-ball, so hard and firm, blazing in half of half-a-quartern of ignited brandy, and Bedight with Christmas holly stuck into the top.
2. ‘a Christmas pudding Bedight with holly’ More example sentences ‘In half a minute Mrs Cratchit entered, flushed, but smiling proudly; with the pudding, like a speckled cannon-ball, so hard and firm, blazing in half-a-quartern of ignited brandy, and Bedight with Christmas holly stuck into the top.’