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Hogmanay

a gift given on New Year's Eve.;

New Year's Eve in Scotland.

-- Alexander Leighton, Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume 17

The children who went about on December 31 asking for their " hogmanay " were really asking for a Scottized French word for a cake.

Origin:

Hogmanay is the name for Scottish New Year's Eve. It probably comes from the Old French aguillanneuf , "last day of the year."