house-warming
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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You can't go to someone's house-warming, or post-christening tea party without some eejit waiting for the opportunity to pounce on an abandoned laptop, so they can crank up Will.i.am or Chase'n'DaveStatus.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 20, 2013
He presided over a house-warming at his paper's new London home.
From Time Magazine Archive
The three-story Manhattan penthouse apartment of William S. Paley, 27-year-old president of Columbia Broadcasting Co., was given a house-warming while the owner was in Chicago.
From Time Magazine Archive
At a house-warming or the taking possession of a new residence, all your friends are under obligation to bring their contribution to the home.
From A Tatter of Scarlet Adventurous Episodes of the Commune in the Midi 1871 by Crockett, S. R. (Samuel Rutherford)
All the morning papers reported the Wycherlys' house-warming with cloying detail.
From The Streets of Ascalon Episodes in the Unfinished Career of Richard Quarren, Esqre. by Chambers, Robert W. (Robert William)
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