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Chrimbo

Chrimbo proper noun: christmas, especially with regard to its more secular and commercial aspects.

Proper noun

Chrimbo (plural Chrimbos)

  1. (UK, slang) Christmas, especially with regard to its more secular and commercial aspects.
    • The thing is, The Montrose is cracker on a Thursday night, never mind that the Chrimbo lunacy season has kicked off good and proper.2001, Kevin Sampson, Outlaws
    • "A Chrimbo pressie for me?" He peeped around the door.2004, Amanda Boulter, Back Around the Houses
    Synonyms:
    Crimble

Synonyms of Chrimbo

Forms of Chrimbo

pluralChrimbos
alternative formCrimbo

Origin of Chrimbo

The OED cites the first printed usage (of the variant spelling Crimbo) as being in 1928. They give John Lennon's 1963 usage in a Beatles' Fan Club Christmas single as the first recorded use of the variant form Crimble.

Questions about Chrimbo

What does Chrimbo mean?
Chrimbo means christmas, especially with regard to its more secular and commercial aspects.
What part of speech is Chrimbo?
Chrimbo is a proper noun.

Words near Chrimbo in the dictionary

  1. chrestomathy
  2. Chretien
  3. Chretiens
  4. Chrimble
  5. Chrimbles
  6. Chrimbo
  7. Chrimbos
  8. Chrimbus
  9. Chrimes
  10. chrimsel
  11. chrimsels

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