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1664 G. Etherege Comical Revenge iv. iii. 53 Pray, Sir, are you come a House-warming, That you bring your Wine with you?

1680 J. Dryden Kind Keeper v. i. 63 Pleas. But I fear he's so horribly given to go a House-warming abroad, that the least part of the Provision will come to my share... Aldo...he shall do thee Reason, e're thou sleep'st.

1749 L. Pilkington Mem. (new ed.) I. 87 So we determined to quit my Father's House for a little one of our own..which, by the Bounty of our Friends, who came a House-warming to us, was soon elegantly furnished.

1836 Western Messenger Sept. 105 The cabin being finished, the ceremony of house warming took place, before the young couple were permitted to move into it.

1855 P. T. Barnum Life xiv. 403 Nearly one thousand invited guests, including the poor and the rich, helped us in the old-fashioned custom of ‘house-warming’.

1907 L. Josaphare Man who wanted Bungalow 38 In resumption, I may state that house-warming is an excellent mental stimulus and leaves many tender memories.

2007 R. K. R. Singh in T. Mibang & M. C. Behera Tribal Stud. xiv. 229 The villagers are invited to a feast hosted by the owner of the house... On the day of house-warming the village priest..sacrifices a hen.