单词 | christmas stocking |
释义 | > as lemmasChristmas stocking Christmas stocking n. a long sock or similar item hung up, esp. by children, on Christmas Eve to be filled with presents; also figurative; cf. stocking n.2 2b.Cf. earlier use (not a fixed collocation) with the sense ‘a stocking bought or given at Christmas’ in quot. 1802 at Compounds 1b.In quot. 1853 as the title of a book. ΚΠ 1853 Athenæum 19 Nov. 1376/1 (advt.) James Nisbet & Co.'s list of new works and new editions... The Christmas Stocking (In December). 1923 Music Trades 14 Apr. 47/1 Jimmie wanted a banjo. Nothing else would make his Christmas stocking complete. 2018 Daily Mirror (Nexis) 24 Dec. 32 Most of us get through the entire Christmas period eating no more fruit than the satsuma in the Christmas stocking. < as lemmas |
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