"stocking stuffer" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: stocking stuffers [plural], stocking-stuffer [alternative]
Head templates: {{en-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. Tags: informal Synonyms: stocking filler
    Sense id: en-stocking_stuffer-en-noun-ComrsbDL Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Christmas

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "ref": "1945 Dec. 21, \"Last . . . But Not Least\" (display advertisement), Milwaukee Journal, p. 45 (retrieved 25 Jan. 2010)",
          "text": "Gimbels is scintillating with last minute stocking stuffer ideas!"
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        [
          "Santa Claus",
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