"first-foot" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: first-foots [plural], first-feet [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|s|first-feet}} first-foot (plural first-foots or first-feet)
  1. (Northern England, Scotland) The first person to enter the home of a household on New Year's Day. Tags: Northern-England, Scotland Categories (topical): New Year, People Synonyms: qualtagh (english: Isle of Man) Derived forms: first footing Translations (first person to enter the home of a household on New Year’s Day): მეკვლე (meḳvle) (Georgian), qualtagh (Manx), კუჩხა (ḳučxa) (Mingrelian), фёрстфут (fjórstfut) (Russian), first fit (Scots), ciad-chuairt [feminine] (Scottish Gaelic)

Inflected forms

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