"Christmas stocking" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Christmas stocking.wav Forms: Christmas stockings [plural]
Etymology: Christmas + stocking Head templates: {{en-noun}} Christmas stocking (plural Christmas stockings)
  1. A stocking hung up by a child on Christmas Eve to be filled with gifts, ostensibly by Santa Claus. Categories (topical): Christmas Translations (stocking hung up on Christmas Eve to be filled with gifts): 聖誕襪 (Chinese Mandarin), 圣诞袜 (shèngdànwà) (Chinese Mandarin), julesok [common-gender] (Danish), joulusukka (Finnish), cauche dé Noué [feminine] (Norman), julestrømpe [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), meia de Natal [feminine] (Portuguese)

Inflected forms

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          "sense": "stocking hung up on Christmas Eve to be filled with gifts",
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          "sense": "stocking hung up on Christmas Eve to be filled with gifts",
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      "sense": "stocking hung up on Christmas Eve to be filled with gifts",
      "word": "聖誕襪"
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      "sense": "stocking hung up on Christmas Eve to be filled with gifts",
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      "sense": "stocking hung up on Christmas Eve to be filled with gifts",
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      "sense": "stocking hung up on Christmas Eve to be filled with gifts",
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      "sense": "stocking hung up on Christmas Eve to be filled with gifts",
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      "sense": "stocking hung up on Christmas Eve to be filled with gifts",
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    },
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      "sense": "stocking hung up on Christmas Eve to be filled with gifts",
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