Christmas stocking

English

Etymology

Christmas + stocking

Pronunciation

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Noun

Christmas stocking (plural Christmas stockings)

1. A stocking hung up by a child on Christmas Eve to be filled with gifts, ostensibly by Santa Claus.

Translations

stocking hung up on Christmas Eve to be filled with gifts

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 聖誕襪／圣诞袜 (shèngdànwà)

• Danish: julesok c
• Finnish: joulusukka
• Norman: cauche dé Noué f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: julestrømpe m or f

• Portuguese: meia de Natal f
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