Boxing Day
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of Boxing Day
First recorded in 1825–35
Example Sentences
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After claiming a photo-finish victory at Kempton Park on Boxing Day to topple 2024 King George winner Banbridge and 9-4 joint-favourite Gaelic Warrior, Redknapp said: "We've come into the Champions League today."
From BBC • Mar. 12, 2026
Much of Aceh already had to be reconstructed with international assistance after 2004's Boxing Day tsunami, which killed more than 170,000 people in the province alone.
From Barron's • Feb. 25, 2026
And so the tradition has continued and on Boxing Day last year, Clarke was hunting for the beads, but she spotted an altogether very different looking fossil amongst the pebbles on the beach.
From BBC • Feb. 19, 2026
United won 1-0 at home to Newcastle on Boxing Day, despite missing several injured players, including captain Bruno Fernandes, Harry Maguire and Matthijs de Ligt, with three more at the Africa Cup of Nations.
From Barron's • Dec. 31, 2025
When breakfast was over, and Master Twyti had been consulted, the Boxing Day cavalcade moved off to the Meet Perhaps the hounds would have seemed rather a pack to a master of hounds today.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
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