haveage

Nor could he tell me anything when I questioned him concerning his haveage; which I did upon report that he was courting my housemaiden Grace Pascoe, an honest good girl, whom I was loth to see waste herself upon an unworthy husband.

News from the Duchy Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch 1903

Ireland to start with: a poor, hand-to-mouth lot, respected for nothing but their haveage, [2] which was understood to be something out of the common.

Two Sides of the Face Midwinter Tales Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch 1903

I changed the word to lady, as more becoming to one of her haveage.

Shining Ferry Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch 1903

a mile or so down the valley with the Hoopers, who, as she had said, were thankful enough to get her services, for Mrs. Hooper was well up in years, and gladly resigned the dairy work to a girl who, as she told her husband, was of good haveage, and worth her keep a dozen times over.

I Saw Three Ships and Other Winter Tales Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch 1903

But I want no more of you or your haveage: yon's the door -- walk! "

Two Sides of the Face Midwinter Tales Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch 1903