howf

/ həʊf; haʊf /

noun

1. a haunt, esp a public house

Word History and Origins

Origin of howf¹

C16: of uncertain origin

Example Sentences

And if two 19th-century Scots are playing, by all means let them bandy archaisms as they spend a night on the tiles in their local howf.

From The Guardian

His erran's deen, as fast as he cu'd spang, hastes to Luckie's howf to join the thrang, An' Luckie smirks her kin'liest welcome ben, Prinkin' her feathers like a tappit hen.

From Project Gutenberg

What kens ony ane mair o' him, an it bena that he has been seen, in the moonlight, howking the banes o' the dead Melvilles o' Falconcleugh frae the side o' the quarry, whar it marches wi' the howf o' the auld house that stands by the brink?

From Project Gutenberg

I saw ye once in the Hags, in my ain howf, and I was wae to see ye there—in pairt for 276 the omen, for I think there’s a weird on the place—and in pairt for pure nakit envy and bitterness o’ hairt.

From Project Gutenberg

The Dominican friars, who had a rich howf in the town, seeing that my grandfather was a shrewd and sharp child, of a comely complexion, and possessing a studious observance, were fain to wile him into their power; but he was happily preserved from all their snares and devices in a manner that shows how wonderfully the Lord worketh out the purposes of His will, by ways and means of which no man can fathom the depth of the mysteries.

From Project Gutenberg