stocking filler

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noun

British a present, esp a toy, of a size suitable for inclusion in a child's Christmas stocking

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Words nearby stocking filler

stocking anesthesia, stocking cap, stockinged, stockinger, stocking feet, stocking filler, stocking frame, stocking mask, stocking stitch, stocking stuffer, stock in trade

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How to use stocking filler in a sentence

A stocking stuffed with $324,000 in easily negotiable $20 bills weighs 132 pounds.
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This candle may just be the perfect stocking stuffer or gift for a dear friend.
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Many doomsday preppers have spent their lives stocking up for an emergency of the type this contagious hemorrhagic fever presents.
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But with the 24-hour news cycle now, they just use speculation as filler until they actually get some real news to report on.
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You'd take a stocking and cut a hole for your eyes and wear it over your head.
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A handkerchief, once red, with polka spots, contained a ragged flannel shirt and a stocking-heel tied with a piece of tape.
A Lost Hero|Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward and Herbert D. Ward
A filler, be it known, in technical parlance means that portion of the tobacco of which the inside of the cigar is made.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce|E. R. Billings.
The peasant woman went on her way meditating in what old stocking or under what mattress she should hide her two gold pieces.
Honey-Bee|Anatole France
And early in the afternoon she and Violet sat with the workbag between them, each with a stocking.
The Box-Car Children|Gertrude Chandler Warner
"Six, six and one-eighth in his stocking feet, to be exact," Mr. Peck corrected.
Hooded Detective, Volume III No. 2, January, 1942|Various