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Boxing Day

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
Boxing Day

▶noun Brit. a public holiday on the first day (or first weekday) after Christmas Day.

– origin C19: from the former custom of giving tradespeople a Christmas box (gift) on this day.

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