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halvers

[ hav-erz, hah-verz ]

/ ˈhæv ərz, ˈhɑ vərz /

plural noun Midland and Southern U.S.

halves: Let's go halvers on anything we find.

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Origin of halvers

1500–10; half + -er¹ + -s³, with voicing of f by analogy with plural halves

Words nearby halvers

halton, halton hills, halutz, halvah, halve, halvers, halves, halyard, halysites, halévy, ham

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Example sentences from the Web for halvers

She moved off to a little house on ol' miss's plantation and make a crop on halvers.
Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States|Work Projects Administration
The man who owned the land, I worked on halvers, sold it on the Liverpool market.
Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves: Volume II, Arkansas Narratives, Part 2|Work Projects Administration
He was a cheerful, stirin' cretur, always doin' somethin', and no man can say he ever see him do anything by halvers.
Sketches New and Old, Complete|Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)

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