jack-in-the-green
(in England, formerly) a man who wore or supported a leaf-covered wooden framework while dancing in May-Day celebrations
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How to use jack-in-the-green in a sentence
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.
A Miscellany of Men | G. K. ChestertonThe 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.
Miss Aynton's chef-d'oeuvre reminded him, it seems, of jack-in-the-green.
Mirk Abbey, Volume 1(of 3) | James PaynWhat a jolly old jack-in-the-green you must have looked like!
Hide and Seek | Wilkie CollinsWhy, you're covered with laurel, boy, like jack-in-the-green.
Rose MacLeod | Alice Brown
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