havers

[ hey-verz ]

/ ˈheɪ vərz /

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interjection Chiefly Scot.

nonsense; poppycock.

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Origin of havers

Plural of haver nonsense, akin to haver

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Dior, like most of the breakup sex-havers we spoke with for this story, requested we do not publish her last name.
People Who Have Had Rebound Sex Tell Us Why It Is Awesome|Emily Shire|January 31, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Havers, lassie, ye're aye seein' Bobby i' ilka Hielan' terrier, an' there's mony o' them aboot.
Greyfriars Bobby|Eleanor Atkinson
"Lay him down flat and stop your havers," ordered the business-like, embryo medicine man.
Greyfriars Bobby|Eleanor Atkinson
The fair girl who is leaning back, laughing, now, is Elsie Havers.
The Black Box|E. Phillips Oppenheim

Dickson at first refused, declaring it was all havers, but Heritage's docility persuaded him to follow suit.
Huntingtower|John Buchan
Troth, to-morrow's a Sunday, an' not to be disturbed o' none such havers.
Reels and Spindles|Evelyn Raymond

Havers

[ hā′vərz, hăv′ərz ]

Clopton 1655?-1702

English physician and anatomist known for his studies of the minute structure of bone.