boxing timen.

Brit.

/ˈbɒksɪŋ tʌɪm/, U.S.

/ˈbɑksɪŋ ˌtaɪm/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: boxing n.¹, time n.

Etymology: < boxing n.¹ (compare sense 2a at that entry) + time n., after Boxing Day n., Boxing Night n.

Now chiefly historical.

The period extending from Christmas Day to the end of the first week in January.

ΚΠ

1831 Morning Chron. 29 Dec. A number of cases of assault were yesterday heard..in consequence of the parties ‘taking a drop too much’ at this ‘boxing time’.

1841 Times 1 Jan. 7/2 He really thought it would be prudent in their employers to give them a hint not to ‘raise their elbows’ so very often, even in ‘boxing time’.

1880 H. A. Oldfield Sketches from Nipal II. xi. 344 It [sc. Durga Puja] is in this respect, as well as in the feasting and drinking which goes on, something like our ‘boxing-time’ at Christmas.

2000 G. Dallas 1918: War & Peace (2001) 261 In the early nineteenth century ‘boxing time’ extended into the first week of January. It became a ‘day’ when, in 1871, Parliament instituted bank holidays.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2021; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	boxing time
释义	boxing timen. Brit. /ˈbɒksɪŋ tʌɪm/, U.S. /ˈbɑksɪŋ ˌtaɪm/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: boxing n.¹, time n. Etymology: < boxing n.¹ (compare sense 2a at that entry) + time n., after Boxing Day n., Boxing Night n. Now chiefly historical. The period extending from Christmas Day to the end of the first week in January. ΚΠ 1831 Morning Chron. 29 Dec. A number of cases of assault were yesterday heard..in consequence of the parties ‘taking a drop too much’ at this ‘boxing time’. 1841 Times 1 Jan. 7/2 He really thought it would be prudent in their employers to give them a hint not to ‘raise their elbows’ so very often, even in ‘boxing time’. 1880 H. A. Oldfield Sketches from Nipal II. xi. 344 It [sc. Durga Puja] is in this respect, as well as in the feasting and drinking which goes on, something like our ‘boxing-time’ at Christmas. 2000 G. Dallas 1918: War & Peace (2001) 261 In the early nineteenth century ‘boxing time’ extended into the first week of January. It became a ‘day’ when, in 1871, Parliament instituted bank holidays. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2021; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1831
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