DCHP-3

groundhog day†

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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February 2, the day on which the groundhog (def. 1) is supposed to come out of his burrow to determine the length of time remaining till spring; the legend being that he will anticipate an additional six weeks of hard winter if he should see his shadow and a relatively mild period if he should not.

See: groundhog(def. 1)

Quotations

1955
Feb. 2, that fateful day when the groundhog frightened by his own shadow, retreated for another nap, is about six weeks past . . . .
1965
Today is groundhog day.