Green’s Dictionary of Slang

a gift, a present.

1937		E.D. Metcalfe letter 27 Jan. in Donaldson Edward VIII (1974) 312: The rest of the time will be spent shopping (buying presees for Wallis) [OED].
1966		T. Keyes All Night Stand 182: What a pressie. Give it back.
1977		(con. 1961) J. Rosenthal Spend, Spend, Spend Scene 18: Did you give the kids their pressies?
1981		J. Sullivan ‘Christmas Crackers’ Only Fools and Horses [TV script] There’s a score for yer, little Christmas pressie.
1983		(con. 1940s) D. Nobbs Second From Last in the Sack Race 69: ‘I’m right set up wi’ me prezzies,’ he said with satisfaction.
1986		C. Bowles G’DAY 19: You get pressies at Chrissie.
1990		Beano Comic Library No. 190 30: You could buy them pressies.
1998		P. McCabe Breakfast on Pluto 77: The one who always arrives with prezzies and is never done trying to amuse everyone.
2001		N. Griffiths Sheepshagger 180: As a pressie, like, for me birthday, that’d bloody piss me off, that would.
2003		Guardian G2 5 June 3: Three wise guys show up with prezzies.
2005		L. Redhead Rubdown [ebook] Ten years ago I needed money for Chrissie pressies for the kids.
2012		(con. 1980s) I. Welsh Skagboys 66: Sorry tae fuckin well stand yis up the other night, boys, a wee pressy tae fuckin well make it up likes.
2017		Times Times2 6 Jan. 🌐 ‘My best pressie is in my tummy!’.
2020		G. Armstrong Young Team 75: Only after that wis A tae open ma pressies.