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noun
The saints Pancras of Rome, Servatius of Tongeren, Mamertus of Vienne and/or Boniface of Tarsus, and sometimes Sophia of Rome, whose feast days are on May 11th though 15th.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: capitalized, plural, plural-normally, sometimes
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noun
A spell of cold weather in May on or around those dates.
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Usage: plural, plural-normally
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History
Perhaps a calque of German Eisheilige; compare French saints de glace.
