haft
noun
a handle, especially of a knife, sword, or dagger.
hafter
-
a word derived from
haft.
Example Sentences
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“Don’t know exactly. Round dust dark Ah reckon. It’s uh sorta long trip—specially if Ah hafter lead one on de way back.”
From "Their Eyes Were Watching God" by Zora Neale Hurston
“It’ll hafter be done all over agin, Mis’ Starks.”
From "Their Eyes Were Watching God" by Zora Neale Hurston
I allus did obey jis' like I was teached to do and dey didn' hafter whip me.
From Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves. Texas Narratives, Part 2 by Work Projects Administration
I uster hafter do a li'l wuk 'roun' de place like pullin' up weeds and drivin' de calfs.
From Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves: Volume XVI, Texas Narratives, Part 4 by United States. Work Projects Administration
In course, ye don’t hafter fill it first time if ye don’t wanter.
From The Girls of Hillcrest Farm The Secret of the Rocks by Amy Bell Marlowe
