HANDSEL or HANSEL

PRONUNCIATION: (HAN-sel)

MEANING: noun:
1. A gift for good luck given at the beginning of the new year or a new venture.
2. A first payment or installment.
verb tr.:
1. To give a handsel to.
2. To inaugurate or to do something for the first time.

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HANDGEL - the slimy stuff in a dispenser that you use to get the germs off your hands (It's gotta be more than 61% alcohol or it doesn't work)
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HANGEL - a British Cupid