first footing

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The practice, during Hogmanay, of visiting friends and family, especially to be the first person to cross a home's threshold after midnight on New Year's Eve bearing a small gift. Scotland,uncountable

词形变化

first-footing alternative

词源

From Scots tae first-fit (“to be the first to visit at the new year”, literally “to first-foot”).
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