Sentence examples for first footing from inspiring English sources
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.
I would save the cheese and the chocolate until after the ritual of first footing.
Someone coming out of a college such as Rada in those days could reasonably hope to get a job working in a small part, hone their skills, get some income, and that gave them their first footing in the industry.
Weaving together the disco backdrop (clearly a labor of love) with more sharp-edged material about college graduates finding their first footing in New York and learning to cook with Campbell's mushroom soup, he creates a bright panorama of shrewd young strivers".
Her television appearances may once have been as much a part of Hogmanay as first footing and black bun, but the veteran Scottish singer Moira Anderson says she would now rather read a book than watch the BBC's new year show.
In the old custom of "first footing," neighbors and friends went visiting after midnight.
This is called First Footing on Hogmanay.
The first foot was found last August.
But the first feet to hit the floor were male.
"First foot fault of all tournament," Ivanisevic said.
We finally get the car to go, and first foot my family.
"I put my first foot on the soil and immediately realised how wrong it was.
