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+// Background Origin
+// position the background off the edge of the padding, border or content
+//  - [padding-box | border-box | content-box]
+//  - browser defaults to padding-box, mixin defaults to content-box
+
+//  override constants to change defaults
+!default_background_origin ||= "content-box"
+
+=background-origin(!origin = !default_background_origin)
+  // webkit and mozilla use the deprecated short [border | padding | content]
+  !deprecated= "padding"
+  @if !origin == "border-box"
+    !deprecated= "border"
+  @if !origin == "content-box"
+    !deprecated= "content"
+  background-origin= !origin
+  -webkit-background-origin= !deprecated
+  -moz-background-origin= !deprecated