hafter
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See also: Hafter
English[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Middle English hafter, equivalent to haft + -er.
Noun[edit]
hafter (plural hafters)
- (archaic) A maker of handles for knives and other tools
- 1850, Bernard Bird, The Perambulations of Barney the Irishman:
- I found it difficult to obtain a situation to my mind, so I engaged to work with a table-knife cutler, to learn the art and mystery of his trade as a hafter.
Etymology 2[edit]
Preposition[edit]
hafter
Etymology 3[edit]
Contraction[edit]
hafter
Anagrams[edit]
Middle English[edit]
Noun[edit]
hafter
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