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Maytime

American  
[mey-tahym] / ˈmeɪˌtaɪm /

noun

  1. the month of May.


Etymology

Origin of Maytime

First recorded in 1795–1805; May + time

Example Sentences

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It was also to such men that the revelry of Christmastide, Maytime, and the like were most precious.

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Always before, when Maytime took her way Across the fields, I followed close.

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Not yet the round clouds of the Maytime cling Above the world's blue wonder's curving show, And tempt to linger with their lingering.

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Richard, his son, a jolly youth Rode with him, fresh from Thomas's, As merry as a yearling is In maytime in a clover patch.

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As now, so during the lifetime of Mr. Cocke, Maytime at Hollins stirred a flutter of excitement in the student's mind.

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