jack-in-the-green

noun

1. (in England, formerly) a man who wore or supported a leaf-covered wooden framework while dancing in May-Day celebrations

Example Sentences

If you cannot escape like a philosopher into a forest, at least you can carry the forest with you, like a Jack-in-the-Green.

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The only traces of the old custom of going a-Maying were the garlands of the milk-maids and the Jack-in-the-green of the sweeps.

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Miss Aynton's chef-d'oeuvre reminded him, it seems, of Jack-in-the-Green.

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What a jolly old Jack-in-the-Green you must have looked like!

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Why, you're covered with laurel, boy, like Jack-in-the-Green.

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