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Definition of Hansels
1. hansel [v] - See also: hansel
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hansels
Literary usage of Hansels
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1829)
"I wonder how much we'll get to our hansels?" " Oh, Jemmy, you should not be
thinking about money after you have said your prayers," whispered a fair- haired ..."
2. Biennial Report by South Dakota, California State Board of Horticulture, State Athletic Commission (1890)
"I sent to Mr. Purdy, of Palmyra, New York, for some Doolittles, Tylers, Turners,
Crimson Beauties, hansels, ..."
3. The New England Historical and Genealogical Register (1853)
"And how many hansels of the thing itself begd, even the delivering of our pagan
enemies some way into the hands of us and our Associates of ..."
4. A Dictionary of the English Language: In which the Words are Deduced from ...by Samuel Johnson by Samuel Johnson (1805)
"And leaves the rugged bear for firmer clam. In timorous deer he hansels his *"»»£
pa«> » , • Cm!tj. ..."
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