| The howff seemed full and frequented as if possessed of all its old celebrity. |
| He was well known for carousing, of course, and described the Globe Inn in the town as his favourite howff. |
| The company had not long left the howff, as Blane's public-house was called, when the trumpets and kettle-drums sounded. |
| Joe had sneaked to the urn, then hid his filled tea-can under his overalls as he made his way back to the howff. |
| When they left the howff they went to Gillespie's and drank more, and after that they roamed about the town. |
| Milne's bar, the legendary literary howff in Edinburgh's Hanover Street, has been given a makeover. |
