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Date "HOT-FOOT" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1374. (references)

Specialty Definition: HOT-FOOT

DomainDefinition
Literature1: "And the Blackfoot who courted each foeman's
2: Approach.
3: Faith, `tis hotfoot he'd fly from the stout Father
4: N.B. The Blackfoot was an Irish faction, similar to the Terry Alts in the early part of the nineteenth century.
5: Hot-foot With speed; fast.
6: Roach." Lover. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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