Meaning & use

stuffer

noun·Everyday

A small item, especially a printed advertisement, inserted into a newspaper, magazine, or package.

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The Sunday paper arrived thick with coupon stuffers from local grocery stores.

She picked out small candies as stocking stuffers for the children's Christmas gifts.

A note on using this word

Stuffer is often shortened from 'stocking stuffer,' a small inexpensive gift placed inside a Christmas stocking, distinct from the advertising sense of the word.

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Another way to use it

2. noun

A small, inexpensive gift placed inside a Christmas stocking.

Every year she buys tiny stuffers like socks and chocolate for her nieces.

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