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
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
He presided over a house-warming at his paper's new London home.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Miss Traceys' drawing-room is not a very large room, even when empty of furniture, but it certainly had a most festive appearance when we drove up to the famous house-warming.
From A Lame Dog's Diary by S. (Sarah) Macnaughtan
"When do you have your house-warming?" asked Agnes, taking up the bit of sewing that she had dropped on Julia's entrance.
From Brenda's Bargain A Story for Girls by Helen Leah Reed
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