halvers

[ hav-erz, hah-verz ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

plural noun

, Midland and Southern U.S.

Origin of halvers¹

1500–10; half + -er ¹ + -s ³, with voicing of f by analogy with plural halves

Did you ever see a big boss that would go halvers with his men in flush times, and of his own notion pay 'em extry?

He was a cheerful, stirin' cretur, always doin' somethin', and no man can say he ever see him do anything by halvers.

The man who owned the land, I worked on halvers, sold it on the Liverpool market.

April 25, 2024firkin

[fur-kin ]

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