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verb [with object]Be the first person to cross the threshold of the house of (someone) in the New Year, in accordance with a Scottish custom. they set out to first-foot their neighbours Example sentencesExamples - Another says he went blindly first-footing, knocking on doors at random.
- I come from Scotland, a place that starts each year with a lump of coal and a slice of Dundee cake, so I rather love the idea of first-footing with a fish.
- It's February, and I've still not been first-footed from New Year yet.
- Not sure quite how much first-footing will occur tonight, but if it ends up quiet, that's no bad thing.
- But while these special editions are enjoyable in their own right, if you're expecting to be first-footed by a whisky connoisseur, it might be good idea to have a decent bottle of the straightforward stuff to hand.
- Because the parents are involved, you feel you should offer out nips along with the sweeties… it's like being first-footed by the Addams Family.
noun The first person to cross a householder's threshold in the New Year. Example sentencesExamples - At every door in the street there is a shivering first-foot whose task, once the bells have chimed, is to enter and prevent the family from being prisoners in their own home.
Derivatives noun It's a little way into this year of 2001 but I thought we'd best play safe and have a first-footer, or first guest of the year, from Scotland. Example sentencesExamples - You sit in the dark hoping to avoid carol singers and first-footers.
verbˈfərst ˈˌfʊt [with object]Be the first person to cross the threshold of the house of (someone) in the New Year, in accordance with a Scottish custom. they set out to first-foot their neighbors Example sentencesExamples - Because the parents are involved, you feel you should offer out nips along with the sweeties… it's like being first-footed by the Addams Family.
- Another says he went blindly first-footing, knocking on doors at random.
- I come from Scotland, a place that starts each year with a lump of coal and a slice of Dundee cake, so I rather love the idea of first-footing with a fish.
- Not sure quite how much first-footing will occur tonight, but if it ends up quiet, that's no bad thing.
- But while these special editions are enjoyable in their own right, if you're expecting to be first-footed by a whisky connoisseur, it might be good idea to have a decent bottle of the straightforward stuff to hand.
- It's February, and I've still not been first-footed from New Year yet.
nounˈfərst ˈˌfʊt The first person to cross a threshold in the New Year. Example sentencesExamples - At every door in the street there is a shivering first-foot whose task, once the bells have chimed, is to enter and prevent the family from being prisoners in their own home.
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