Philadelphia pint

plural Philadelphia pints

1. datedobsoleteA unit of volume corresponding to a cuboid with sides 4 inches by 3⅛ inches by 2⅜ inches, equal to 1.0065 US pints and used mainly for ice cream packaging.

   The SC-20, it was reported, will hold 978 Philadelphia pint packages or 239 Philadelphia half-gallons.

   1956, The Ice Cream Trade Journal, volume 52, page 78

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   All of these machines were designed to handle the No. 2 linerless carton, usually referred to as the Philadelphia pint, although it is maintained that ultimately attachments will be available for handling cartons of other shapes and sizes

   [1948, Paraffined carton research council, Chicago, Packaged Profits; New Trends in Ice Cream Production and Merchandising

   This all-purpose two-lid utility storage cabinet with 23 cubic foot capacity accomodates 92½ gallons in 2½ gallon cans stacked three high, or 930 Philadelphia pints.

   1954, The Selling Wizard