haft
noun
a handle, especially of a knife, sword, or dagger.
hafter
-
a word derived from
haft.
Example Sentences
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“It’ll hafter be done all over agin, Mis’ Starks.”
From "Their Eyes Were Watching God" by Zora Neale Hurston
“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
My husban' gib me de trabblin' dress, but I never use dat dress for three weeks, though, 'cause ole mistus cry so when I hafter leave dat I stay for three weeks after I marry.
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
My father was de hostler and he hafter keep de hosses and see 'bout feedin' 'em.
From Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves: Volume XVI, Texas Narratives, Part 3 by United States. Work Projects Administration
I tried it–went in deep for incubator, brooders, and the like; and it would 165 have been all right if I didn’t hafter be away from home so much durin’ the day.
From The Girls of Hillcrest Farm The Secret of the Rocks by Amy Bell Marlowe
