Christmas box
Christmas box noun: a bonus or gift given by an employer to an employee, by a master/mistress to his/her servants, or by a householder to delivery persons at Christmas time, traditionally on Boxing Day.
Noun
Christmas box (plural Christmas boxes)
- A bonus or gift given by an employer to an employee, by a master/mistress to his/her servants, or by a householder to delivery persons at Christmas time, traditionally on Boxing Day.
- You have no idea how poor the court is; nobody is rich, except Mazarin and l'Abbé Fouquet. I am half tempted to cry with Madame Thurine, 'How happy are our servants! they, at least, get Christmas boxes.'1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], Francesca Carrara. […], volume II, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC
Forms of Christmas box
| plural | Christmas boxes |
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Questions about Christmas box
- What does Christmas box mean?
- Christmas box means a bonus or gift given by an employer to an employee, by a master/mistress to his/her servants, or by a householder to delivery persons at Christmas time, traditionally on Boxing Day.
- What part of speech is Christmas box?
- Christmas box is a noun.
- What is the plural of Christmas box?
- The plural of Christmas box is Christmas boxes.
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