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grundsow

grundsow noun: a groundhog, a woodchuck.

Noun

grundsow (plural grundsows)

  1. (Pennsylvania, rare) A groundhog, a woodchuck.
    • Remember me when far, far off where grundsows die of whooping cough.1987, Sharon Sheehe Stark, A Wrestling Season, W. Morrow (publ.), page 38, 40.

Forms of grundsow

pluralgrundsows

Origin of grundsow

Borrowed from Pennsylvania German Grundsow/Grundsau (literally “ground sow”) which is itself a calque of English groundhog.

Phrases with grundsow

Questions about grundsow

What does grundsow mean?
Grundsow means a groundhog, a woodchuck.
What part of speech is grundsow?
Grundsow is a noun.
What is the plural of grundsow?
The plural of grundsow is grundsows.

Words near grundsow in the dictionary

  1. Grundmans
  2. Grundmeier
  3. grundnorm
  4. grundnorms
  5. grundsel
  6. grundsow
  7. Grundsow Lodge
  8. Grundsow Lodges
  9. grundsows
  10. Grundtvigian
  11. Grundtvigianism

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