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
I. Ilk care and fear, when thou art near, I ever mair defy them, O; Young kings upon their hansel throne Are no sae blest as I am, O!
From The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. With a New Life of the Poet, and Notices, Critical and Biographical by Allan Cunningham by Burns, Robert
"Well, I hope ye had the decent hansel for it, any how, Jim?"
From The O'Donoghue Tale Of Ireland Fifty Years Ago by Lever, Charles James
And so I went on till noon, without taking hansel, and I said to myself, 'Would Heaven I had never come to Baghdad!'
From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 07 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir
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