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stocking-stuffer

stocking-stuffer is the alternative spelling of stocking stuffer.

Meaning of stocking stuffer

Noun

stocking stuffer (plural stocking stuffers)

  1. (informal) A small, relatively inexpensive Christmas present suitable for placing in a child's stocking, which was traditionally hung by a fireplace on Christmas Eve in anticipation that Santa Claus would fill it with gifts.
    • Gimbels is scintillating with last minute stocking stuffer ideas!1945 Dec. 21, "Last . . . But Not Least" (display advertisement), Milwaukee Journal, p. 45 (retrieved 25 Jan. 2010)
    Synonyms:
    stocking filler

Forms of stocking-stuffer

pluralstocking-stuffers

Questions about stocking-stuffer

What is stocking-stuffer the alternative spelling of?
Stocking-stuffer is the alternative spelling of stocking stuffer.

Words near stocking-stuffer in the dictionary

  1. stocking up
  2. stocking-feet
  3. stocking-filler
  4. stocking-fillers
  5. stocking-foot
  6. stocking-stuffer
  7. stocking-stuffers
  8. stockinged
  9. stockinger
  10. stockingers
  11. stockingfeet

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