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
We bestowed a consolation prize on Salemina," continued Francesca, "because she succeeded in getting hoots, losh, havers, and blathers into one line, but naturally she could not maintain such an ideal standard.
From Penelope's Progress Being Such Extracts from the Commonplace Book of Penelope Hamilton As Relate to Her Experiences in Scotland by Wiggin, Kate Douglas Smith
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
Wheesht, Janet, hinny—wheesht," said he; "dinna be talking havers.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume III by Various
You see you are only a lad yourself, and may be Lilian wouldn’t care to have you so ready with your havers with a pretty young thing like Mrs. St. Clair.
From Wee Wifie by Carey, Rosa Nouchette
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