pressien.
/ˈprɛzi/, U.S. /ˈprɛzi/, Irish English /ˈprɛzi/, Australian English /ˈprezi/ colloquial (chiefly British, Irish English, and Australian).
A present. Cf. prez. n.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > possession > giving > gift or present > [noun]
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lakeOE
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bestowment1837
potlatch1844
prez.1919
Harry Freeman's1925
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1933 N. Mitford in H. Acton Nancy Mitford (1975) iii. 41 I don't expect we shall be married much before November which gives you plenty of time to save up for a deevy presey.
1937 E. D. Metcalfe Let. 27 Jan. in F. Donaldson Edward VIII (1974) xxv. 312 The rest of the time will be spent shopping (buying presees for Wallis).
1967 A. Diment Dolly Dolly Spy xiv. 184 We'll have the pressies first.
1975 Australian 24 Apr. 13 From this day forth no public announcements will be made about the nature of prime ministerial pressies.
1998 P. McCabe Breakfast on Pluto (1999) xxi. 77 The one who always arrives with prezzies and is never done trying to amuse everyone.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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