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Originally appearing in Volume V12, Page 916 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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HANDSEL , the O. Eng. See also:

term for See also:earnest See also:money; especially in See also:Scotland the first money taken at a See also:market or See also:fair. The termination set is the See also:modern " sell." " See also:Hand " indicates, not a bargain by shaking hands, but the actual putting of the money into the hand. Handsets were also presents or earnests of See also:good-will in the See also:North; thus Handsel See also:Monday, the first Monday in the See also:year, an occasion for universal tipping,' is the See also:equivalent of the See also:English See also:Boxing See also:day.

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