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havers

American  
[hey-verz] / ˈheɪ vərz /

interjection

Chiefly Scot.
  1. nonsense; poppycock.


Etymology

Origin of havers

Plural of haver nonsense, akin to haver

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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.

You are not heeding John's havers about your name being mixed up with the affair in a poor Sassanach inn-keeper's story?

From Gilian The Dreamer His Fancy, His Love and Adventure by Munro, Neil

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)

No. 41., p. 166., col. 1., line 8 from bottom, for "Cordius" read "Cardin"; p. 171., l. 29., for "havers" read "haver"; and p. 172., l. 24., for "Murton" read "Muirton."

From Notes and Queries, Number 42, August 17, 1850 by Various

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