halvers

[ hav-erz, hah-verz ]

plural noun

, Midland and Southern U.S.

1. halves:

   Let's go halvers on anything we find.

Word History and Origins

Origin of halvers¹

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

Example Sentences

Servicenter, gets sick and tired of living with his sister Vernell and her husband Bill, a disabled veteran who refuses to go halvers on the weekly food bill and leaves "hairs stuck around on the soap."

From Time Magazine Archive

"I'll take halvers, if you please, Captain Wetherbee."

From Project Gutenberg

"I said—halvers," affirmed this extraordinary apparition.

From Project Gutenberg

"Halvers," stated the newcomer without preamble or apology.

From Project Gutenberg

I was thinking, as you're a learner, it will be a long time before you can make much, and you'd be glad to go halvers with somebody.

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