from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
- n. The first weekday after Christmas, celebrated as a holiday in parts of the British Commonwealth, when Christmas gifts are traditionally given to service workers.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
- n. The day after Christmas; the 26th of December.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
- The first week day after Christmas, a legal holiday on which Christmas boxes are given to postmen, errand boys, employees, etc. The night of this day is boxing night.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. In England, the first week-day after Christmas, when Christmas boxes or presents are given to one's employees, to postmen, etc.
- n. In the Scottish law-courts, same as box-day.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- n. first weekday after Christmas
Perhaps because of boxes that were placed outside churches to collect special offerings tied to the Feast of St Stephen, or because of the old British custom of tradesmen collecting "Christmas boxes" of money or presents on the first weekday after Christmas as thanks for good service (mentioned by diarist Samuel Pepys). (Wiktionary)
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