| 单词 | do by halvers |
| 释义 | > as lemmasdo by halvers 2. dial. and U.S. A half-share; esp. in halvers! as an exclamation claiming half of something found. Cf. half n. 7g. Esp. in phr. do by halvers, go halvers (with). ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > sharing > [noun] > a share > a half share halver1517 1517 Aberdeen Burgh Recds. 24 July (Spalding Club) Scho had ane young swyne in hawfaris betuix hir and Ellene Crippill. 1816 Scott Antiquary II. viii. 223 The beggar exclaimed, like a Scotch school-boy when he finds any thing, ‘Nae halvers and quarters—hale o' mine ain and nane o' my neighbours’. 1825 J. T. Brockett Gloss. North Country Words at Halfers, If the finder be quick he exclaims ‘no halfers—findee keepee, losee seekee’. 1865 ‘M. Twain’ Celebrated Jumping Frog (1867) 36 No man can say he ever see him do anything by halvers. 1873 J. H. Beadle Undeveloped West iv. 93 ‘I'll go halvers with him,’ shouts the conservative-looking chap. 1887 T. Darlington Folk-speech S. Cheshire Hafers..the ordinary word which is used to claim half of any treasure-trove. 1932 W. Faulkner Light in August xviii. 394 Byron Bunch, that weeded another man's laidby crop, without any halvers. < as lemmas |
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