hansel

American  

[han-suhl] / ˈhæn səl /

noun

hanseled, hanseling, hanselled, hanselling

1. a variant of handsel.

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hansel British  

/ ˈhænsəl /

noun

1. a variant spelling of handsel

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Example Sentences

Young kings upon their hansel throne Are no sae blest as I am, O!

From Poems and Songs of Robert Burns by Burns, Robert

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

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

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

Here, Jenny, come pull out your key An' hansel, wi' zome tidy tea, The zilver pot that we do owe To your prize butter at the show, An' put zome bread upon the bwoard.

From Poems of Rural Life in the Dorset Dialect by Barnes, William