• @TempermentalAnomaly
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    99 months ago

    Tad
    Dash
    Smidge
    A bit
    Just a moment
    Monarchical Inch
    A peck
    A hobbit

    • @CopernicusQwark
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      29 months ago

      Okay, I’ll bite. What does “a Hobbit” mean as a unit of measurement?

      • @TempermentalAnomaly
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        9 months ago

        Two and a half imperial bushels

        If [I buy wheat] at Wrexham, [I must order] by the hobbet of one hundred and sixty eight [pounds] [76 kg]. But, even if I do happen to know what a hobbet of wheat means at Wrexham, that knowledge good for Flint is not good for Caernarvonshire. A hobbet of wheat at Pwlheli contains eighty-four pounds [38 kg] more than a hobbet at Wrexham; and a hobbet of oats is something altogether different; and a hobbet of barley is something altogether different again.