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A peck is an Imperial unit and U.S. customary unit of dry volume, equivalent in each of these systems to 8 dry quarts, or 16 dry pints. (Note that in the U.S. Customary system a dry measure[?] is not the same as wet measure[?]: for example, a dry pint is not the same as a wet pint. The imperial peck is differnt to the US Customary peck.) Four pecks make a bushel[?].

The peck now only occurs in such phrases as "eat a peck of dirt before you die" or "peter ate a peck of pickled peppers".


Gregory Peck was an American actor.



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