Definition:Imperial/Volume/Peck

Definition

The peck is an imperial unit of volume.

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(imperial) gallons

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litres

Linguistic Note

The word peck survives in this context today in the classic tongue-twister:

Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers

and practically nowhere else.

Sources

• 1986: David Wells: Curious and Interesting Numbers ... (previous) ... (next): $2$
• 1997: David Wells: Curious and Interesting Numbers (2nd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): $2$