handseling
/ˈhænsəlɪŋ/
verb
- To give a gift or token of good luck at the beginning of a new year, a new venture, or a new season.
- Every New Year's Day, my grandmother enjoys handseling each of us with a small silver coin.
- Farmers in the old days would handsel their fields by scattering seeds with a blessing.
- The company celebrated its first day in the new office by handseling employees with gift cards.
- To use or try something for the first time, often with a sense of inaugurating it.
- She handseled her new running shoes with a five-mile jog through the park.
- He was handseling his new camera by taking photos of the sunrise.
- The chef handseled the new kitchen by preparing a special dinner for the staff.
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