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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

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

Wheesht, Janet, hinny—wheesht," said he; "dinna be talking havers.

From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume III by Various

I saw fine that the man was daft, but what answer could I gie to his havers?

From The Moon Endureth: Tales and Fancies by Buchan, John

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