havers
Americaninterjection
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
Mrs. M'Cosh said, "Awa wi' ye, laddie," and "Sic havers," but after much urging owned that she knew a song which had been a favourite with her Andra.
From Penny Plain by O. Douglas
Gang oot o' my chaumer wi' yer havers," cried Mr Cupples, "and lea' me wi' Alec Forbes.
From Alec Forbes of Howglen by George MacDonald
She will be getting old and thinking droll thoughts, Hamish—just old wives' havers, about the crops and the wars that will be coming.
From The McBrides A Romance of Arran by John Sillars
Aunt Margaret has spared no pains to make her clean and tidy and saving——" "Hoots havers!
From 'Lizbeth of the Dale by Mary Esther Miller MacGregor
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