English Explanatory Dictionary

Chrimbo

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. Christmas, especially with regard to its more secular and commercial aspects.

Word forms

Chrimbo Chrimbos Crimbo

Etymology

The OED cites the first printed usage (of the variant spelling Crimbo) as being in 1928. They give John Lennon's 1963 usage in a Beatles' Fan Club Christmas single as the first recorded use of the variant form Crimble.

Synonyms

Crimble
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