stocking stuffer

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noun

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

any small, inexpensive gift given during the Christmas holidays.

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Words nearby stocking stuffer

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Here are our favorite stocking stuffers that we guarantee your outdoorsy friends and family will love.
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Climbing “The 12 Best Gifts Under $25 of 2021” These inexpensive items are the perfect stocking stuffers for the hiker in your life.
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This is an expensive stocking stuffer, but it’s one that the right recipient will really love.
10 Stocking Stuffers That Don't Suck|Jakob Schiller|December 16, 2020|Outside Online
That console might come with a cable, but if gamers have another controller they want to use, a long USB-C cable is a cheap stocking stuffer that’ll most assuredly come in handy.
The Perfect Last-Minute Gifts for the Gamers in Your Life|Patrick Lucas Austin|December 11, 2020|Time

This one has been on top of the rumor list for even longer than AirPods Studio — and now would veritably be a good time to announce the potential stocking stuffer.
What we expect from Apple’s ‘One More Thing’ Mac event|Brian Heater|November 9, 2020|TechCrunch
A stocking stuffed with $324,000 in easily negotiable $20 bills weighs 132 pounds.
Congress’ Gift That Keeps on Giving|P. J. O’Rourke|December 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
This candle may just be the perfect stocking stuffer or gift for a dear friend.
The Daily Beast’s 2014 Holiday Gift Guide: For the Taylor Swift in Your Life|Allison McNearney|November 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Many doomsday preppers have spent their lives stocking up for an emergency of the type this contagious hemorrhagic fever presents.
Apocalypse Now: Preppers Are Gearing Up for Ebola|Nina Strochlic|October 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST
You'd take a stocking and cut a hole for your eyes and wear it over your head.
Gordie Howe Hockey’s Greatest War Horse|W.C. Heinz|May 31, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Nobody wants coal in their stocking, but what about their stomach?
How to Recover from Christmas|Dave Asprey|December 25, 2013|DAILY BEAST
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
The bird-stuffer in Alderney had some wings of Nightjars nailed up behind his door which had been shot in that Island by himself.
Birds of Guernsey (1879)|Cecil Smith
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