Maying
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of Maying
Example Sentences
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Chiang Kaishek; and Maying Hsi Soong, 24, daughter of Te-mou Hsi, representative in Washington, of China's Ministry of Finance: a daughter, their first child; in Washington.
From Time Magazine Archive
Chiang Kaishek; and Maying Hsi, 23-year-old Manhattan art student, daughter of Te-mou Hsi, general manager of the Central Bank of China; in Manhattan.
From Time Magazine Archive
Nine days it’s been since the Maying, and I am restless yet.
From "Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village" by Laura Amy Schlitz
It may have been the Maying, or the compliment which the cockney Knight had paid her, or some premonition such as comes to women before their joy.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
The Maying or Disport of Chaucer is the most perfect specimen remaining, and its exact date can be ascertained from its colophon, which reads as follows:— Heir endis the maying and disport of Chaucer.
From The Story of Books by Rawlings, Gertrude Burford
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