their first good handsel of breath in this world
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Handsel
//ˈhænd.səl//
Synonyms for "handsel" (31 found)
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5 translations across 5 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- капаро noun (payment; especially the first installment of a series.)
Finnish
1 entries- uudenvuodenlahja noun (gift given at New Year)
Persian
1 entries- دشت noun (payment; especially the first installment of a series.)
Swedish
1 entries- nyårspresent noun (gift given at New Year)
Turkish
1 entries- siftah noun (payment; especially the first installment of a series.)
Sample sentences
9 total sentences available.
Our present tears here, not our present laughter, / Are but the handsels of our joys hereafter.
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That whoso hardy hand on her doth lay , It dearly shall abye and death for handsel pay
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"I see the first handsel that God gives them on their voyage to the Land of Promise; thirst and bitterness." (From Contemplations, Book Five, Contemplation 1, The Waters of Marah (Found in volume 1 of The Works of Joseph Hall, edited by Peter Hall, published by Talboys, Oxford, 1837, page 88))
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