size of bread, and cue of bread

size of bread, and cue of bread
 Cambridge. The one signifying half, the other one-fourth part of a halfpenny loaf, cue being Q. the abbreviation of a quarter, and size comes from

A glossary of provincial and local words used in England. . 1790.

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