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Boxing Night

Boxing Night proper noun: the night following Boxing Day (either 26 or 27 December), the traditional night for the first performance of a pantomime.

Proper noun

Boxing Night

  1. The night following Boxing Day (either 26 or 27 December), the traditional night for the first performance of a pantomime.

Questions about Boxing Night

What does Boxing Night mean?
Boxing Night means the night following Boxing Day (either 26 or 27 December), the traditional night for the first performance of a pantomime.
What part of speech is Boxing Night?
Boxing Night is a proper noun.

Words near Boxing Night in the dictionary

  1. boxing gloves
  2. boxing Harry
  3. boxing in
  4. boxing kangaroo
  5. boxing kangaroos
  6. Boxing Night
  7. boxing off
  8. boxing oneself into a corner
  9. boxing out
  10. boxing ring
  11. boxing rings

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