- a variation of handsel.
hansel
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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 William Carleton
There is no time to follow the steps of Burns from old Alloway, by the Bonnie Doon in the clay-built hut, where the January wind blew hansel in on Robin—to Mt.
From The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 3 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Lectures by Robert Green Ingersoll
Waiting for us to do the work," said Glencoe bitterly, "and then blithe they'll be to hansel the profits.
From The Yeoman Adventurer by George W. Gough
I hae a hansel o' coffee by me.
From Foes by Mary Johnston
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 Sir Walter Scott
However, we hanselled your cup, as you know she is of a thirsty temperament.”
From The Martyrs of Science, or, The lives of Galileo, Tycho Brahe, and Kepler by Sir David Brewster
The younger men had "hanselled" their good bargain overwell, and were laughing and talking freely, as they walked up the white road from the haven.
From The Divine Adventure Volume IV by Fiona Macleod
Then the place was hanselled with its first regularly prepared dinner, the first meal beneath its roof at which a woman had presided.
From A Hero of Ticonderoga by Rowland E. Robinson
Then he made peace between them and clad them all in sumptuous robes of honour and hanselled them with precious jewels of land and sea.
From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 04 by Sir Richard Francis Burton
On him the Church was built, that is, through him: it was he who hanselled the key.
From St. Peter, His Name and His Office As set forth in holy scripture by Thomas W. Allies
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