first-foot

English

Noun

first-foot (plural first-foots or first-feet)

(Northern England, Scotland) The first person to enter the home of a household on New Year's Day.
Synonym: (Isle of Man) qualtagh

Derived terms

first footing

Translations

first person to enter the home of a household on New Year’s Day

Georgian: მეკვლე (meḳvle)
Manx: qualtagh
Mingrelian: კუჩხა (ḳučxa)
Russian: фёрстфут (fjórstfut)
Scots: first fit
Scottish Gaelic: ciad-chuairt f

Further reading

first-foot on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

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