howff

[houf, ouf, hohf, ohf]

noun

1. an abode; a familiar shelter or resort.

verb (used without object)

1. to reside.

2. to visit a familiar haunt.

Word History and Origins

Origin of howff¹

First recorded in 1555–65; origin uncertain

Example Sentences

After leaving school at 15, he became a fixture at the Howff, a local folk club.

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Cemeteries.—The ancient burying-ground in the centre of the city is called the Howff.

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Last week Interloper Schlamme extended her welcome trespass by turning up in a Bowery theater-caf� called The Howff with a show devoted entirely to Weill.

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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.

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But that was a doctrine which I always protested against; and I said it was much more likely that, as Thomas was fu'-handed, while his neighbour had to work for his bread, the man of money led the blacksmith to their howff, and not the blacksmith the man of money.

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