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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

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

And Mistress M'Kissock will say that it is all havers and nonsense, but I am sure.

From The White Blackbird by Douglas, Hudson

"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

Come, let us sit down again," he said, "and never heed my havers.

From Doom Castle by Munro, Neil

Ay, ay—I recollect now some of the havers o' Boll's about the Blounts,—Martha and Theresa, I think you call them.

From Famous Reviews by Johnson, R. Brimley