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  • noun Plural form of hansel.

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Examples

  • ‘Troth, Laird, and there was muckle want o’ you, and the like o’ you; for there was a whin bonnie lasses there, forbye mysell, and deil ane to gie them hansels.

    Chapter III 1917

  • 'Troth, Laird, and there was muckle want o' you, and the like o 'you; for there was a whin bonnie lasses there, forbye mysell, and deil ane to gie them hansels.'

    Guy Mannering, Or, the Astrologer — Complete Walter Scott 1801

  • 'Troth, Laird, and there was muckle want o' you, and the like o 'you; for there was a whin bonnie lasses there, forbye mysell, and deil ane to gie them hansels.'

    Guy Mannering, Or, the Astrologer — Volume 01 Walter Scott 1801

  • 'Troth, Laird, and there was muckle want o' you, and the like o 'you; for there was a whin bonnie lasses there, forbye mysell, and deil ane to gie them hansels.'

    Guy Mannering — Complete Walter Scott 1801

  • ‘Troth, Laird, and there was muckle want o’ you, and the like o’ you; for there was a whin bonnie lasses there, forbye mysell, and deil ane to gie them hansels.’

    Guy Mannering 1815

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