hauf
Britishnoun
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Speeding thru the snaw,on ma one guid wooden tray,doon Glebe Street I go,greetin' hauf the way.Bun on big heid stings,body warmer awfie ticht –but whit a nicht to wheep and wheesht!A bag-pipe blast the nicht!
From The Guardian ● Dec. 18, 2010
An Mally lass," he said agean, "Tak heed o' my direction: Th' schooil owes us hauf a craan—aw mean My share o'th' last collection.—
From Yorkshire Lyrics Poems written in the Dialect as Spoken in the West Riding of Yorkshire. To which are added a Selection of Fugitive Verses not in the Dialect by John Hartley
"Eea, an' moor nor that, for he'd getten a raise of hauf a craan, an' he nivver tell'd me, becoss he wanted to buy this for mi birthday."
From Yorksher Puddin' A Collection of the Most Popular Dialect Stories from the Pen of John Hartley by John Hartley
When it had getten abaght hauf way, th' stee began to bend a gooid bit.
From Yorksher Puddin' A Collection of the Most Popular Dialect Stories from the Pen of John Hartley by John Hartley
"Oh, ne'er heed that, lass; it doesn't luk hauf as big as it did, an' if tha wor all wart, aw'd rayther have thi nor be as aw am."
From Yorkshire Ditties, Second Series To which is added The Cream of Wit and Humour from his Popular Writings by John Hartley
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