first-foot

English

Noun

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.

   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

• soffritto