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Definition of Quintals
1. quintal [n] - See also: quintal
Lexicographical Neighbors of Quintals
Literary usage of Quintals
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1886)
"Of 62747 metric quintals of cotton hosiery exported, 26547 went to the United
... quintals of woolen cloths, 15703. The sugar industry continues depressed, ..."
2. Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review by William B. Dana (1852)
"From Havana was exported in 1851 37563 quintals, which is a decrease of 12 per
cent on the quantity exported iu 1850. Tims presuming 10 per ceut decrease on ..."
3. Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review by William B. Dana (1850)
"brought in 412431 metrical quintals of fresh and dry cod, oils, and roes; which
is 29854 quintals, or 8 percent more than in 1847. On the other hand, ..."
4. Abridgment of the Debates of Congress, from 1789 to 1856: From Gales and by United States Congress, Thomas Hart Benton (1857)
"The Secretary of State supposes the fish of 1790 to be quintals. A Treasury return
of fish exported from August, 20, 1789, to September 30, 1790, ..."
5. Hunt's Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review by Isaac Smith Homans, Freeman Hunt, Thomas Prentice Kettell, William Buck Dana (1850)
"brought in 412431 metrical quintals of fresh and dry cod, oils, and roes ; which
is 29854 quintals, of 8 per cent more than in 1847. On the other hand, ..."
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