square stocking
n.— «More than 25,000 Christmas boxes, affectionately know as “square stockings” have been dispatched to British troops on active service overseas.» —“Christmas Boxes Prepared For UK Troops” in London, England British Satellite News Nov. 30, 2006. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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