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Sadie Hawkins Day

Sadie Hawkins Day proper noun: a day on which women romantically pursue men instead of the traditional other way around, held informally in the United States on various dates but usually in November.

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Proper noun

Sadie Hawkins Day

  1. A day on which women romantically pursue men instead of the traditional other way around, held informally in the United States on various dates but usually in November.

Origin of Sadie Hawkins Day

After a character in the comic strip Li'l Abner.

Questions about Sadie Hawkins Day

What does Sadie Hawkins Day mean?
Sadie Hawkins Day means a day on which women romantically pursue men instead of the traditional other way around, held informally in the United States on various dates but usually in November.
What part of speech is Sadie Hawkins Day?
Sadie Hawkins Day is a proper noun.

Words near Sadie Hawkins Day in the dictionary

  1. sadic
  2. sadiddy
  3. Sadie
  4. Sadie Hawkins dance
  5. Sadie Hawkins dances
  6. Sadie Hawkins Day
  7. Sadik
  8. sadiki
  9. Sadiks
  10. sading
  11. Sadiq

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