stocking stuffer

noun

1. a small, usually inexpensive gift that is placed with others in a Christmas stocking.

2. any small, inexpensive gift given during the Christmas holidays.

Example Sentences

The kits soon became birthday gifts and stocking stuffers.

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This curated gift guide offers a range of ideas for culinary enthusiasts — from stocking stuffers that delight to showstopping centerpieces for the table.

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Sprint was selling Nokia phones as stocking stuffers, and the copywriters penned some hyperbolic copy that turned out to be a prescient understatement, at least for newspapers.

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It will be a much-appreciated stocking stuffer for your favorite hiker or walker.

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Gift cards make great stocking stuffers — just as long as you don’t stuff them in a drawer and forget about them after the holidays.

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