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 hansel
 新年禮物;賀禮;定金;初試

 Hand·sel n. [Written also hansel.]
 1. A sale, gift, or delivery into the hand of another; especially, a sale, gift, delivery, or using which is the first of a series, and regarded as an omen for the rest; a first installment; an earnest; as the first money received for the sale of goods in the morning, the first money taken at a shop newly opened, the first present sent to a young woman on her wedding day, etc.
    Their first good handsel of breath in this world.   --Fuller.
 Our present tears here, not our present laughter,
 Are but the handsels of our joys hereafter.   --Herrick.
 2. Price; payment. [Obs.]
 Handsel Monday, the first Monday of the new year, when handsels or presents are given to servants, children, etc.

 Han·sel n. & v. See Handsel.
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