stocking filler

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   a small Christmas present included in the Christmas stocking

   Synonymsstocking stuffer

   BroaderChristmas present

Questions about stocking filler

What does stocking filler mean?

stocking filler means "a small Christmas present included in the Christmas stocking".

What is another word for stocking filler?

Close synonyms include stocking stuffer. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is stocking filler a common word?

stocking filler is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.