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haffle

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Compare German haften (“to cling, stick to; (dialect) to stop, stammer”).

verb haffles · haffling · haffled

  1. UK, dialectal To stammer; to speak unintelligibly; to prevaricate. the clergy were haffling and timid

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"haffle." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/haffle. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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haffle. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/haffle

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"haffle." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/haffle.

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@misc{haffle_2026,
  title = {haffle},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/haffle},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}