blackberry winter
US regional (chiefly southern and south Midland )
noun
A period of cold weather in the late spring; a cold snap.
- So called because a spring cold snap often occurs during the period when blackberry bushes are in bloom..
Origin
Late 19th century; earliest use found in Semi-Weekly Interior Journal (Stanford, Kentucky).
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