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Noun: Boxing Day
Usage: Brit, Cdn
  1. First weekday after Christmas

Derived forms: Boxing Days

Type of: legal holiday, national holiday, public holiday

Part of: Chrimbo [Brit, informal], Chrissie [Austral, informal], Christmas, Christmastide [archaic], Christmastime, Crimbo [Brit, informal], Noel, Xmas [Brit, informal], Yule [archaic], Yuletide [archaic]

Encyclopedia: Boxing Day