"boxing week" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-boxing week.wav [US] Forms: boxing weeks [plural]
Etymology: Derived from boxing day (“the day after Christmas”). Head templates: {{en-noun}} boxing week (plural boxing weeks)
  1. (business, marketing) The period after Christmas (December 25th) until New Year's (or longer), when stores offer large discounts. Related terms: boxing day, Boxing Day, Twelve Days of Christmas, Christmastide, Christmas season Translations (Translations): välipäivät [plural] (Finnish), bożonarodzeniowy tydzień handlowy [masculine] (Polish), mellandagarna (Swedish)

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