ground-hog

I miss Gayle every day ... a ground-hog day repetition of deep grief that demands a do-over, or at least, some other way of being.

Susan L. Travis: Gayle's Death: Lovelace Insurance Profit #1067678-00 2009

But they greatly enjoy game; the porcupine, the ground-hog (an Echymys), the white flesh of the bush pig

Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo 2003

Walking off a good distance through the dry grass, he found a mound of dirt around a ground-hog hole and flopped down on top of it to watch.

Stone of Tears Goodkind, Terry 1995

In the season the inhabitants live off of the visitors, and out of season live on their fat like the ground-hog, and do a _little_ fishing for profitable amusement.

The Automobilist Abroad

Weather clear and bright on Candlemas day, Feb. 2nd and therefore ground-hog saw his shadow

Outdoor Sports and Games Claude H. Miller

"You always were rather particular, but I am only Chuck anyhow, and as some people call me a hog -- a ground-hog, you know -- I might as well live up to my name."

Hazel Squirrel and Other Stories Howard B. Famous

'N' as I was sayin '"-- he went on --" it is a ground-hog case with' em.

The Bishop of Cottontown A Story of the Southern Cotton Mills John Trotwood Moore

In France there is no ground-hog, or, if there is, he so generally sees no shadow upon Candlemas (February 2) that the three weeks succeeding it are called _L'Été de la Chandeleur_.

Lippincott's Magazine, October 1885 Various

We ate rabbits, squirrels, ground-hog and hog meat.

Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Ohio Narratives Work Projects Administration

Once he was threshing wheat with a 'ground-hog' threshing machine, run by horse power.

Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Indiana Narratives Work Projects Administration