stuffer
3
6.7
- noun
- /ˈstʌfər/
- Jargon
:
inserto publicitario
- My grandma always adds a handwritten note to each stuffer she includes in the Christmas mail.
Examples
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This year, I'm looking for small gifts that make great stuffers for holiday cards.
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Lest you forget, these are the "shirt-pocket" size calendars which make great Christmas stocking stuffers.
Academic text (2001) -
Have we found a new head for our stocking stuffer division?
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It's a real stocking stuffer as well.
Blog text (26) -
Looks like we got another stocking stuffer.
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So, the reason I have called you all here today is because I have come up with a new stocking stuffer.
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Christmas is just around the corner; remember a friend with a stocking stuffer.
Academic text (2001) -
I hope you plan to publish this as a small stocking-stuffer book.
Blog text (4) -
We need more stocking stuffers.
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They make great stocking stuffers for young and old alike.
Blog text (26)
Synonyms
141
2.0
A small printed sheet that gives information or advertises events
42
2.5
A small printed paper that tells people about an event or service
31
2.7
A small folded sheet with information or advertising
16
4.4
A printed paper that tells many people about a sale or product
10
3.7
A paper advertisement sent to homes to promote a product
1
5.5
A small printed advertisement given to many people
Compounds
7
2.7
A small gift, often candy or a toy, that people put in a Christmas stocking
- Archaic
A person who fills and shapes animal skins to make them look like living animals for display
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Stuffer comes from the word stuff, meaning 'material' or 'to fill', plus the ending -er for a thing that does the action. A mail stuffer is literally something put inside letters to 'fill' the envelope and grab attention.