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haver

[hey-ver]

verb (used without object) Chiefly British.

to equivocate; vacillate.

Origin:
1780–90; origin uncertain

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noun, plural ha·ve·rim

[khah-ve-reem] . Hebrew.

friend; comrade; companion.

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haver (ˈheɪvə)

—vb
1.	to dither
2.	dialect (Scot), (Northern English) to talk nonsense; babble

—n
3.	(Scot) (usually plural) nonsense

[C18: of unknown origin]

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