Lexicographical Neighbors of Manchets
Literary usage of Manchets
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Relation, Or Rather A True Account, of the Island of England: With Sundry by Charlotte Augusta Sneyd (1847)
"Spent, 678 loaves, 3 quarters, 2 manchets,* price 18j. ll$d. ; from which, in
breakfasts, 48 loaves and a half ; whereof, to the Lord, 1 loaf, ..."
2. Works of the Camden Society by Royal Historical Society (Great Britain), Camden Society (Great Britain) (1847)
"1 l^rf.; from which, in breakfasts, 48 loaves and a half; whereof, to the Lord,
1 loaf, 2 manchets ; to the Lady, 2 loaves, ..."
3. Things Not Generally Known, Familiarly Explained by John Timbs (1859)
"Here are two olden recipes for manchets :* Drayton's ... The manchets aud cheese,
and fine ale, of Magdalen College are well known. The Manciple, a purveyor ..."
4. Sketches of the History of Man: In Four Volumes by Henry Home Kames (1802)
"On meagre days, a loaf of bread; two manchets, a quart of beer, a quart of wine,
... During lent, a loaf of bread, two manchets, a quart of beer, ..."
5. Sketches of the History of Man: In Four Volumes by Henry Home Kames (1775)
"During lent, a loaf of bread, two manchets, a quart of beer, a quart of wine,
two pieces of fait- fifh, ..."
6. Remains, Historical and Literary, Connected with the Palatine Counties of by Chetham Society (1856)
"... take it forth and mould it into manchets round and flat, scotch them about
the waste to give it leave to rise, and prick it with your knife in the top, ..."
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