Meaning

1 senses
  1. (Midwestern US, Southern US, especially)A period of cold weather that falls when blackberries are flowering, or more generally any time in spring or early summer (March, April or May).

    For quotations using this term, see Citations:blackberry winter.

    Eisheiligen, see also Schafskälte

Translations

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By meaning 1
period of cold weather around March, April or May:

Origin

So-called because it (typically) falls when blackberries are flowering.

So-called because it (typically) falls when blackberries are flowering.

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Forms

plural: blackberry winters

Synonyms

2 synonyms

See also

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