Christmas box noun
- a tip or present given at Christmas, esp to postmen, tradesmen, etc
Examples from the Web for christmas box Historical Examples of christmas box
The little present, or the Christmas-box (mi Aguinaldo) is of no mean worth.
John Foreman
You might have thought she was looking forward to a Christmas-box from home.
Gouverneur Morris
How can I be like a dustman that rings for a Christmas-box at your hall-door?
William Makepeace Thackeray
Didn’t your grandmother give you a sovereign as a Christmas-box?
F. Anstey
By-the-by, Smith, can you lend me that sovereign I gave you this morning for a Christmas-box?!
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