Boxing Day

[bok-sing dey]

noun

1. (in the United Kingdom and many other members of the Commonwealth of Nations) the day after Christmas.

Boxing Day

noun

1. the first day (traditionally and strictly, the first weekday) after Christmas, observed as a holiday

Word History and Origins

Origin of Boxing Day¹

First recorded in 1825–35

Word History and Origins

Origin of Boxing Day¹

C19: from the custom of giving Christmas boxes to tradesmen and staff on this day

Example Sentences

Greta and Arno were found dead in separate rooms of the villa on Boxing Day.

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In the end it would be Boxing Day 2021, three months later, before he could return to the Forest of Dean, and "tootle down" the track where he'd injured himself.

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No such system was in place when the 2004 Boxing Day tsunami occurred - leaving many people without time to evacuate.

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That they battled was almost entirely down to Bennett, the swashbuckling opener who scored his maiden Test century against Afghanistan in a Boxing Day Test last year.

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At 21 he was a Test cricketer, a debut against South Africa on Boxing Day in 2017 only his sixth first-class match.

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