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Sadie Hawkins U.S.|ˈseɪdɪ ˈhɔːkɪnz|
The name of a character in the cartoon strip Li'l Abner by ‘Al Capp’ (Alfred Gerald Caplin, 1909–79), used attrib. to designate a day early in November on which, according to a ‘tradition’ in the cartoon series, women can propose marriage to men, demand dates with them, etc., or to designate events taking place on that day.
1939Daily Mirror (N.Y.) 4 Nov. 21 Sadie Hawkins Day!! 1940Ibid. 2 Nov. 12 Oh, happy Sadie Hawkins Day! Befo' the sun goes down Ah'll catch me a man, daid or alive!! Ibid. 8 Nov. 39 The first ‘gun’! The Sadie Hawkins Day Race is on. 1941Sun (Baltimore) 3 Nov. 15/2 Rulman also promised a free marriage to women who catch a man in the Sadie Hawkins footrace. 1942Ibid. 27 Oct. 16 Your chances are four times as good of marrying up wid him on Sadie Hawkins Day as on Leap Year Day—Sadie Hawkins Day comes once every year. 1952Ibid. 28 Feb. 32/2 The dean.. was the only man to get away in the Sadie Hawkins Day race this afternoon. 1977Guardian Weekly 20 Nov. 19/1 Much of Li'l Abner has been absorbed into American folklore—Sadie Hawkins Day, when sexual roles are reversed and girls chase and catch their men. |