Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A quarter; esp., a quarter of a pound, or a quarter of a hundred.
- noun A quadroon.
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- noun Obsolete form of
quadroon .
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Examples
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Larger quantities were sold au cent, but this “hundred of cod” was 132 codfish; a quarteron of that unit was 33 cod.
Champlain's Dream David Hackett Fischer 2008
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Larger quantities were sold au cent, but this “hundred of cod” was 132 codfish; a quarteron of that unit was 33 cod.
Champlain's Dream David Hackett Fischer 2008
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You must also add salt at your discretion as it cooks, and a quarteron a quarter-pound/125 gm good fresh butter.
On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004
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Add a piece the size of two eggs of freshly made cream cheese, or simply soft cheese from whole milk, and a quarteron 4 oz/125 g of melted butter.
On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004
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Add a piece the size of two eggs of freshly made cream cheese, or simply soft cheese from whole milk, and a quarteron 4 oz/125 g of melted butter.
On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004
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If you only add a half quarteron of butter, that is enough provided that you add a half quarteron of good beef marrow crushed very small.
On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004
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If you only add a half quarteron of butter, that is enough provided that you add a half quarteron of good beef marrow crushed very small.
On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004
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You must also add salt at your discretion as it cooks, and a quarteron a quarter-pound/125 gm good fresh butter.
On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004
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Prepare at the same time a ragout, with the livers, mushrooms, morels, truffles, and a quarteron of chestnuts.
Savoring The Past Wheaton Barbara Ketcham 1983
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Prepare at the same time a ragout, with the livers, mushrooms, morels, truffles, and a quarteron of chestnuts.
Savoring The Past Wheaton Barbara Ketcham 1983
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