housewarming

[ hous-wawr-ming ]

noun

1. a party to celebrate a person's or family's move to a new home.

Word History and Origins

Origin of housewarming¹

First recorded in 1570–80; house + warm ( def ) + -ing ¹( def )

Example Sentences

Several city councilmen stood on the porch with housewarming gifts.

From The Daily Beast

I'm going to give a housewarming soon, and I came over to ask Williams here where he bought his graphophone and records.

From Project Gutenberg

And they say that Bernard Rollins, the portraiture man, is mixed up in the housewarming too.

From Project Gutenberg

The affair culminated last evening, the nuptial ceremony being a housewarming tendered by the club.

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I have now to tell how Aunt Angela was as good as her word about the housewarming of her new abode.

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They are giving their housewarming, though they have been only three days settled.

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