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box day
[boks dey]
noun
formerly in Scotland, a day during a vacation of the Court of Session for depositing documents with the Court.
Rare.Box Day, Boxing Day.
Word History and Origins
Origin of box day1
Example Sentences
As his Yankees teammates watched Giancarlo Stanton rocket ball after ball out of the batter’s box, day after day during spring training, it often felt like October again.
Who knew it was going to be a full-Kleenex box day at Augusta.
“I can’t believe you caught me on box day without it.”
Box′-bed, a kind of bed once common in Scotch cottages, having its ends, sides, and roof of wood, and capable of being closed in front by two sliding panels; Box′-day, one of the Court of Session vacation days when papers ordered to be deposited in court must be lodged.—adj.
Didn't you sit beside her in the box, day before yesterday?
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