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hand·sel
[han-suhl] noun, verb, hand·seled, hand·sel·ing or (especially British) hand·selled, hand·sel·ling. noun
1.
a gift or token for good luck or as an expression of good wishes, as at the beginning of the new year or when entering upon a new situation or enterprise.
2.
a first installment of payment.
3.
the initial experience of anything; first encounter with or use of something taken as a token of what will follow; foretaste.
verb (used with object)
4.
to give a handsel to.
5.
to inaugurate auspiciously.
6.
to use, try, or experience for the first time.
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| to steal or take dishonestly (money, esp. public funds, or property entrusted to one's care); embezzle. |
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