halvers

American  

[hav-erz, hah-verz] / ˈhæv ərz, ˈhɑ vərz /

plural noun

Midland and Southern U.S.

1. halves.

   Let's go halvers on anything we find.

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Etymology

Origin of halvers

1500–10; half + -er ¹ + -s ³, with voicing of f by analogy with plural halves

Example Sentences

"I'd love to go halvers with you," proposed Douglas.

From Michael O'Halloran by Stratton-Porter, Gene

He's big enough for us to go halvers and both have plenty.

From Good Cheer Stories Every Child Should Know by Dickinson, Asa Don

I was thinking, as you're a learner, it will be a long time before you can make much, and you'd be glad to go halvers with somebody.

From The Long Day The Story of a New York Working Girl As Told by Herself by Richardson, Dorothy

All dis time I works on a farm for de day wages, den I rents 'nother farm on de halvers on de black land and stays dere sev'ral year.

From Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Texas Narratives, Part 1 by Work Projects Administration

He was a cheerful, stirnn' cretur, always doin' somethin', and no man can say he ever see him do anything by halvers.

From Sketches New and Old, Part 2. by Twain, Mark