stocking stuffer
Americannoun
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a small, usually inexpensive gift that is placed with others in a Christmas stocking.
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any small, inexpensive gift given during the Christmas holidays.
Example Sentences
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The kits soon became birthday gifts and stocking stuffers.
From Los Angeles Times
This curated gift guide offers a range of ideas for culinary enthusiasts — from stocking stuffers that delight to showstopping centerpieces for the table.
From Salon
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.
From Los Angeles Times
It will be a much-appreciated stocking stuffer for your favorite hiker or walker.
From Los Angeles Times
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.
From Seattle Times
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