Maypole
noun
a tall pole, decorated with flowers and ribbons, around which people dance or engage in sports during May Day celebrations.
Maypole
American
[may-pohl]
/ ˈmeɪˌpoʊl /
noun
(often lowercase)
maypole
British
/ ˈmeɪˌpəʊl /
noun
Etymology
Origin of Maypole
Vocabulary lists containing maypole
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I added colorful leis and flowers to create a Maypole vibe.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 24, 2020
That said, “it’s a work in progress,” said Jack Maypole, a pediatrician at Boston Medical Center and father to three.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 14, 2020
However, Mark Vipond, chair of the Maypole Trust, said the centuries-old method had since been scrapped in favour of a crane after insurers caught wind.
From BBC ● Jan. 1, 2019
T-shirts -- swarmed around the grinning golfer as if he were a Maypole.
From Golf Digest ● Apr. 2, 2013
One day in early April, during recess, Mrs. Butler ushered us outside on the playground and measured us for the Maypole dance.
From "March Forward, Girl" by Melba Pattillo Beals
The group worked with local straw craft workers to produce large straw maypole toppers which were then used as part of the set.
From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2025
The traditional Scandinavian holiday of Midsummer welcomes it with maypole dancing, drinking, and romance.
From National Geographic ● Dec. 19, 2023
The festival’s centerpiece of dancing around the maypole as they braided a colorful pattern captivated a young Constance.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 1, 2022
For example, they exiled an Anglican lawyer named Thomas Morton who rejected Puritan theology, befriended local Indigenous people, danced around a maypole and sold guns to the Natives.
From Salon ● Dec. 24, 2020
There was the Distaff Dance, a maypole without men, held in the spring.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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