halvers
Americanplural noun
Etymology
Origin of halvers
1500–10; half + -er 1 + -s 3, with voicing of f by analogy with plural halves
Example Sentences
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He's big enough for us to go halvers and both have plenty.
From Good Cheer Stories Every Child Should Know by Asa Don Dickinson
"I'll take halvers, if you please, Captain Wetherbee."
From Where the Pavement Ends by John Russell
She moved off to a little house on ol' miss's plantation and make a crop on halvers.
From Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Arkansas Narratives, Part 7 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 Dorothy Richardson
“I’ll go halvers with you, Colonel,” Bill proposed.
From Desert Dust by J. Clinton Shepherd
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