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The English dialect dictionary
O.H.\; Aw .. . humm'd and haw'd te little use Aboot somethin'aw had te say, \
VILSON Pitman's Pay 1843) 49. Cum.1 w.Yks. B».sz ll'lzfld. ll'ds. (1865); (J.\V.)
11w.Der.l thl He does nothing but hum and haw; you can get nothing out of him. \
Var.3 ...
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Glossary of Northamptonshire words
and phrases
HUM AND HAW. To hesitate, to be undecided. "He does nothing but hum and
haw ; you can get nothing out of him." " What do you stand humming and haw- Q3
ing there for?" is often said to a person who WORDS AND PHRASES. 345.
Anne Elizabeth Baker,
1854
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A Dictionary of English Etymology
To Hum. To delude. To hum and haw is to stammer and be at a loss what to say.
Hence to hum one in a factitive sense is to cause him to hum and haw, to perplex
him. ON. hvums, repressae vocis sibilus, astonishment; at hvumsa, to confound.
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Glossary of Northamptonshire words
and phrases, with ...
HUMDRUM. Dull, dronish. Used in Scotland, and with us substantively. " She's a
poor humdrum." A contemptuous expression. HUM AND HAW. To hesitate, to be
undecided. "He does nothing but hum and haw; you can get nothing out of him.
Anne Elizabeth Baker,
1854
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A Dictionary of the Portuguese
and English Languages, in Two ...
To hum and haw, hesitar. Ha ward. Ve Hay-ward. Hawk, s. falça6, ou acor —
Hawk, о e^forço que alguem faz para escarrar. To hawk, v: n. cafar com о açor.
Item, aferrar, como fazem a aves de rapiña as outras ave». Item, apregoar
qualquer ...
Antonio Vieyra, J.-P. Aillaud,
1813
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Dictionary of English Etymology
To Hum. To delude. To hum and haw is to stammer and be at a loss what to say.
Hence to hum one in a factitive sense is to cause him to hum and haw, to perplex
him. ON. hvums, repressae vocis sibilus, astonishment; at hvumsa, to confound.
Hensleigh Wedgwood (M.A.),
1862
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The Slang Dictionary Or the Vulgar Words, Street Phrases, ...
HUFFY, easily ofl'euded. HUGGER-MUGGER, underhand, sneaking. HULK, to
hang about in hopes of an invitation—See MOOCH. HULKY, extra-sized.—
Shropshire. HUM-BOX, a pulpit. “ HUM AND HAW,” to hesitate, raise objections—
Old ...
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The Slang Dictionary, Or, The Vulgar Words, Street Phrases, ...
HUM AND HAW," to hesitate, raise objections. — Old English. HUMBLE PIE, to "
eat humble pie," to knock under, be submissive. The umbles, or entrails of a deer,
were anciently made into a dish for servants, while their masters feasted off the ...
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Dictionary of Americanisms, Briticisms, Canadianisms
and ...
/Am. hem and haw/ esp. in the phr. hum and haw, hum and ha(h) express
uncertainty.2. Br.col. smell unpleasant. humane killer Br. instrument for painless
slaughter of animals. humbug Br. a sweet meant to be sucked, mint candy. the
humpBr., ...
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Wordsworth Dictionary of Phrase
and Fable
Hum and haw, To. To hesitate to give a positive plain answer : to hesitate in
making a speech. To introduce hum and haw between words which ought to
follow each other freely. Hum'a. A fabulous Oriental bird which never alights, but
is ...
Ebenezer Cobham Brewer,
2001
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