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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Meanings

proper noun
  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

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

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APA

Sadie Hawkins Day. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Sadie%20Hawkins%20Day

MLA

“Sadie Hawkins Day.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Sadie%20Hawkins%20Day. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Sadie Hawkins Day,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Sadie%20Hawkins%20Day.

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