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• first-footing

語源

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

名詞

first footing (uncountable)

1. (Scotland) 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.

参考

• first-foot