Boxing Day
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of Boxing Day
First recorded in 1825–35
Example Sentences
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"It was the same all day yesterday and here we are boxing day morning - no water, no sign of water and no more promises really."
From BBC • Dec. 26, 2022
Mr Swinney said "for about 10 days after boxing day the virus galloped through Scotland" but now it is "not seeing that rate of increase being sustained".
From BBC • Jan. 14, 2021
“Way back before the dawn of time, i.e. boxing day 1980, when you could buy a ticket at the gate. Spurs played Southampton at white hart lane,” recalls John Tumbridge.
From The Guardian • Dec. 26, 2017
It’s like the difference between like sticking a hat on a little kid for a boxing day walk so that he stays toasty, and wearing a beanie in a trendy-first-year-at-St-Martins way.
From The Guardian • Nov. 18, 2015
He invariably recovered, however, in time to put in an appearance by proxy at the distribution of a certain dole of a loaf and a shilling on boxing day.
From A Tale of a Lonely Parish by Crawford, F. Marion (Francis Marion)
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