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Boxing Day
[ bok-sing dey ]
noun
- (in Britain and many former British colonies) the day after Christmas: traditionally a day for Christmas gifts or boxes to be given to employees, letter carriers, etc.
Boxing Day
noun
- the first day (traditionally and strictly, the first weekday) after Christmas, observed as a holiday
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Boxing Day1
First recorded in 1825–35
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Boxing Day1
C19: from the custom of giving Christmas boxes to tradesmen and staff on this day
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Example Sentences
Let us turn into the British Museum and see sensible, decorous Boxing-day there.
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Boxing-day on the river: The silent street is almost deserted.
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But let us pass on to the artistic Boxing-day keepers at the National Gallery.
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Each successive Boxing-day finds us in the same state of high excitement and expectation.
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There is an amusing account, given by a writer of the querulous class, of a boxing-day in London, a century ago.
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