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noun
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Scotland, uncountable
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History
From Scots tae first-fit (“to be the first to visit at the new year”, literally “to first-foot”).
