hansel
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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My lord Dorax, the governor, will have him at any rate:—There's hansel.
From The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 07 by Scott, Walter, Sir
A bare-headed lassie, hoping to be hansel, threw down twopence and asked tape at three yards a halfpenny.
From Amusing Prose Chap Books by Various
Breakfast had not been concluded, when the Cannie Soogah, who had already got his hansel, as he called his breakfast, in the kitchen, made his appearance at the parlor window, which was immediately thrown up.
From The Tithe-Proctor The Works of William Carleton, Volume Two by Carleton, William
"An' right glad I am; for he always brings me a good hansel."
From Apples, Ripe and Rosy, Sir by Crowley, Mary Catherine
On giving her the accustomed ripp of corn to hansel in the New Year.
From Poems and Songs of Robert Burns by Burns, Robert
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