howff
Americannoun
verb (used without object)
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to reside.
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to visit a familiar haunt.
Etymology
Origin of howff
First recorded in 1555–65; origin uncertain
Example Sentences
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Where was't that Robertson and you were used to howff thegither?
From The Heart of Mid-Lothian, Volume 1 by Scott, Walter, Sir
It was a great howff o’ Mr. Soulis’s, onyway; there he wad sit an’ consider his sermons; an’ indeed it’s a bieldy bit.
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 5 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis
It was a great howff o’ Mr. Soulis’s, onyway; there he would sit an’ consider his sermons; and indeed it’s a bieldy bit.
From Merry Men by Stevenson, Robert Louis
He hadna a yearly income like Thomas Elliot; and, strange to say, he got the blame of gieing him a howff at Luckie Riddle's.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 15 by Various
The Crook Inn was a noted "howff" in the angling excursions of Christopher North and the Ettrick Shepherd.
From In the Border Country by W. S.
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