What does hem and hah mean?

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hem and hah

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.06 in modern English

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hems and hahs (present, singular) hemming and hahing (participle, present) hemmed and hahed (participle, past) hemmed and hahed (past)

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