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first-footing

first-footing is the alternative spelling of first footing.

Meaning of first footing

Noun

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.

Questions about first-footing

What is first-footing the alternative spelling of?
First-footing is the alternative spelling of first footing.

Words near first-footing in the dictionary

  1. first-degree relatives
  2. first-ever
  3. first-feet
  4. first-fit
  5. first-foot
  6. first-footing
  7. first-foots
  8. first-generation
  9. first-half
  10. first-hand
  11. first-in first-out

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