halvers

[hav-erz, hah-verz]

plural noun Midland and Southern U.S.

Origin of halvers

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

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)
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