One who goes from door to door, first footing, on New Year's Eve.
One who goes from door to door, first footing, on New Year's Eve.
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UK and Irish slang — Cockney, Scouse, Geordie, Yorkshire, Glaswegian, Brummie, Welsh, West Country, plus Irish English. Centuries of regional dialects feeding into modern British and Irish street talk.
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(Northern England, Scotland) The first person to enter the home of a household on New Year's Day.
(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.
(UK, dialect) a door latch.
(Northern England, Scotland) A latch or catch.
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(obsolete, Scotland) One who is sly, cunning, devious.