havers
Americaninterjection
Etymology
Origin of havers
Plural of haver nonsense, akin to haver
Example Sentences
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Professional and amateur opinion havers had not only an occasion to vent about a salient class issue, but a new vocabulary for it.
From Slate ● Jan. 30, 2024
I marvel ye daur speak of Captain Angus—and ye wi' your havers and your jigs, while yer husband's far awa', and your bairn sick!
From Olive A Novel by Bowers, G.
I'll teach him scaring folks out o' their wits, an' wastin' good bedclothes on such havers!
From Reels and Spindles A Story of Mill Life by Merrill, Frank T. (Frank Thayer)
And there's a queer chap o' the name o' Tombs—they tell me he comes frae Cambridge, and is a kind of a professor there—anyway he's more stuffed wi' havers than an egg wi' meat.
From Mr. Standfast by Buchan, John
"Keep up your heart, and dinna talk havers," he said, "for I promise ye ye'll see naught uglier this night than the man whom ye ride behind."
From The Scottish Fairy Book by Grierson, Elizabeth Wilson
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