She moved off to a little house on ol' miss's plantation and make a crop on halvers.
Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States|Work Projects Administration
The man who owned the land, I worked on halvers, sold it on the Liverpool market.
Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves: Volume II, Arkansas Narratives, Part 2|Work Projects Administration
He was a cheerful, stirin' cretur, always doin' somethin', and no man can say he ever see him do anything by halvers.
Sketches New and Old, Complete|Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)