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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

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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

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 John Buchan

"Keep up your heart, and dinna talk havers," he said, "for I promise ye ye'll see naught uglier this night than the man whom ye ride behind."

From The Scottish Fairy Book by Elizabeth Wilson Grierson

What cud gar ye think I likit sic havers?

From Alec Forbes of Howglen by George MacDonald

"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 Neil Munro

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