housewarming

[ hous-wawr-ming ]

/ ˈhaʊsˌwɔr mɪŋ /

a party to celebrate a person's or family's move to a new home.

Origin of housewarming

First recorded in 1570–80; house + warm + -ing¹

Several city councilmen stood on the porch with housewarming gifts.

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And they say that Bernard Rollins, the portraiture man, is mixed up in the housewarming too.

Green Valley |Katharine Reynolds
Pepper hoped that he would not be left out of Aunt Angela's housewarming.

The Debit Account |Oliver Onions
The following October we moved in and gave a housewarming—with the town band engaged to play waltzes outside while we dined.

Sonia Between two Worlds |Stephen McKenna

It was then agreed that she should give her decision at the grand reception to be given as a housewarming.

Mississippi Outlaws and the Detectives |Allan Pinkerton
Among the guests who came to that housewarming was one chance visitor who was not expected.

The Law of Hemlock Mountain |Hugh Lundsford