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
We bestowed a consolation prize on Salemina," continued Francesca, "because she succeeded in getting hoots, losh, havers, and blathers into one line, but naturally she could not maintain such an ideal standard.
From Penelope's Progress Being Such Extracts from the Commonplace Book of Penelope Hamilton As Relate to Her Experiences in Scotland by Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin
And there's a queer chap o' the name o' Tombs—they tell me he comes frae Cambridge, and is a kind of a professor there—anyway he's more stuffed wi' havers than an egg wi' meat.
From Mr. Standfast by John Buchan
"Hoots, havers," answered his wife, laughing, pretending to be very much amused.
From The Scottish Fairy Book by Elizabeth Wilson Grierson
Troth, to-morrow's a Sunday, an' not to be disturbed o' none such havers.
From Reels and Spindles A Story of Mill Life by Frank T. (Frank Thayer) Merrill
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