Lexicographical Neighbors of Haffets
Literary usage of Haffets
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Aberdour and Inchcolme: Being Historical Notices of the Parish and Monastery by William Ross (1885)
"... King—His opinion of Cromwell—' Cuffed on both haffets'—Sharp's treachery and
persecutions—Blair confined to Couston Castle in Aberdour parish—Death-bed ..."
2. Famous Men of Modern Times by Samuel Griswold Goodrich (1844)
"... haffets wearing thin an' bare ; Those strains that once did sweet in Zion
glide, He wales a portion with judicious care ; • And " Let us worship God ! ..."
3. Studies in English and American Literature, from Chaucer to the Present Time by Albert Newton Raub (1882)
"... wi' patriarchal grace, The big ha' Bible, ance his father's pride: His bonnet
reverently is laid aside, His 'yart haffets wearing thin an' bare; ..."
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