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

Us picked cotton after dat and den I rents a place on de halvers for five year and after sev'ral years I buys eighty acres of land.

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

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

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

From Michael O'Halloran by Stratton-Porter, Gene

"I'll take halvers, if you please, Captain Wetherbee."

From Where the Pavement Ends by Russell, John

Did you ever see a big boss that would go halvers with his men in flush times, and of his own notion pay 'em extry?

From Joyce's Investments A Story for Girls by Newberry, Fannie E.