Lexicographical Neighbors of Haffits
Literary usage of Haffits
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of Lowland Scotch: With an Introductory Chapter Onthe Poetry by Charles Mackay (1888)
"Jamieson says that haffits means the checks, but as used by Burns in " The ...
The etymology of haffits as long hair is unknown; but supposing it to be ..."
2. The Lives of the Scotish Poets: With Preliminary Dissertations on the by David Irving (1810)
"... with all other hose and clothes conform thereto; but. he had nothing on his
head, but syde red yellow hair behind and on his haffits ..."
3. A Supplement to the Imperial Dictionary, English, Technological, and by John Ogilvie (1855)
"... Gray hairs on LY'ART haffits. f the temples. LI'BEL, n. [add.] Whatever written
words tend to render a man ridiculous, or to lower him in the estimation ..."
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