grundsow

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noun

A groundhog, a woodchuck.

OriginPennsylvania German Grundsow ← English groundhog →
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Meanings

noungrundsow (plural grundsows)

plural grundsows

  1. PennsylvaniarareA groundhog, a woodchuck.

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

Origin

  1. Englishgroundhog
  2. Pennsylvania GermanGrundsow
  3. Englishgrundsow

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

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APA

grundsow. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/grundsow

MLA

“grundsow.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/grundsow. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “grundsow,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/grundsow.

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