Chrimbo

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proper noun

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

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Crimble
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Meanings

proper nounChrimbo (plural Chrimbos)

plural Chrimbos · alternative Crimbo

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

    "A Chrimbo pressie for me?" He peeped around the door.

    2004, Amanda Boulter, Back Around the Houses
    1 more example

    The thing is, The Montrose is cracker on a Thursday night, never mind that the Chrimbo lunacy season has kicked off good and proper.

    2001, Kevin Sampson, Outlaws

    Synonyms: Crimble

Synonyms & antonyms

proper nounChristmas, especially with regard to its more secular and commercial aspects.

Similar
Crimble
Also see
christmascrimble

Origin

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.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

Chrimbo. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Chrimbo

MLA

“Chrimbo.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Chrimbo. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Chrimbo,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Chrimbo.

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