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Boxing Day

[ bok-sing dey ]

noun

  1. (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

  1. 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.

Boxing-day on the river: The silent street is almost deserted.

But let us pass on to the artistic Boxing-day keepers at the National Gallery.

Each successive Boxing-day finds us in the same state of high excitement and expectation.

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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