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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

The King's forces are at Cartsdyke, and they'll be here the morn, and what's to come o' you then, wi' your covenanted havers?

From Ringan Gilhaize or The Covenanters by Galt, John

"Naething mair? havers, man, ye dinna mean tae say they pack beds an' tables in boxes; a' doot there 's a truck missin'."

From Kate Carnegie and Those Ministers by Maclaren, Ian

"What havers are you on now, John?" said he, with no pause in the supping of his porridge.

From Gilian The Dreamer His Fancy, His Love and Adventure 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