Answer: hanseling

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hanselinggift or token for good luck or as an expression of good wishes, as at the beginning of the new year or when entering upon a new situation or enterprise
hanselingto inaugurate auspiciously
hanselingfirst installment of payment
hanselingto use, try, or experience for the first time
hanselingHANSEL, to give a good luck gift to, also HANDSEL
hanselingthe initial experience of anything; first encounter with or use of something taken as a token of what will follow; foretaste
hanselingto give a handsel to