first footing

短语

别名

first-footing

释义与例句

n.
  1. 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.

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词源

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

来源：wiktionary