halvers

[hav-erz, hah-verz]

plural noun

Midland and Southern U.S.

1. halves.

   Let's go halvers on anything we find.

Word History and Origins

Origin of halvers¹

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

Example Sentences

Servicenter, gets sick and tired of living with his sister Vernell and her husband Bill, a disabled veteran who refuses to go halvers on the weekly food bill and leaves "hairs stuck around on the soap."

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

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"I said—halvers," affirmed this extraordinary apparition.

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"Halvers," stated the newcomer without preamble or apology.

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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.

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