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Compare German haften (“to cling, stick to; (dialect) to stop, stammer”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
haffle
Today it means: To stammer; to speak unintelligibly; to prevaricate. Full definition →
Today it means: To stammer; to speak unintelligibly; to prevaricate. Full definition →
Compare German haften (“to cling, stick to; (dialect) to stop, stammer”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.