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
It mus' be de boardner an' all er her folks is a-comin' down, 'cause how come Mr. Dick hafter buy all them things otherwise?
From A House Party with the Tucker Twins by Nell Speed
He’d ortu be tied up, but we can’t wait any longer, an’ he’ll hafter run loose.
From A Hero of Ticonderoga by Rowland E. Robinson
