hauf
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Speeding thru the snaw,on ma one guid wooden tray,doon Glebe Street I go,greetin' hauf the way.Bun on big heid stings,body warmer awfie ticht –but whit a nicht to wheep and wheesht!A bag-pipe blast the nicht!
From The Guardian ● Dec. 18, 2010
You canna risk holding them up when maybe the bunch we’re after are comin’ along hauf a mile ahin’.”
From The Spoilers of the Valley by Robert Watson
Why, then they'll have a day an' a hauf for thersen—abaat one fifth o' ther life—one fifth o' ther health an' strength for thersen.
From Yorksher Puddin' A Collection of the Most Popular Dialect Stories from the Pen of John Hartley by John Hartley
When it had getten abaght hauf way, th' stee began to bend a gooid bit.
From Yorksher Puddin' A Collection of the Most Popular Dialect Stories from the Pen of John Hartley by John Hartley
An' off he went, wonderin ha mich he could save aght o'th' hauf craan Joa'd gien him.
From Yorksher Puddin' A Collection of the Most Popular Dialect Stories from the Pen of John Hartley by John Hartley
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