Maypole
noun
a tall pole, decorated with flowers and ribbons, around which people dance or engage in sports during May Day celebrations.
Maypole
American
[mey-pohl]
/ ˈmeɪˌpoʊl /
noun
(often lowercase)
maypole
British
/ ˈmeɪˌpəʊl /
noun
Etymology
Origin of Maypole
Vocabulary lists containing maypole
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Joshua Hillstead, from Maypole, Birmingham, was pulled from the River Arrow in Alcester on Monday evening and received specialist trauma care at the scene.
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2024
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
T-shirts -- swarmed around the grinning golfer as if he were a Maypole.
From Golf Digest ● Apr. 2, 2013
I'm unsure why he gave up managing the Maypole shop to become a Kleen-e-ze man.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 15, 2012
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
I detailed my near-worship of “A Time to Keep,” my attempts to replicate the Pumpkin House of “The Dolls’ Christmas,” the wonky maypole I had rigged up in the yard.
From New York Times ● May 25, 2024
The traditional Scandinavian holiday of Midsummer welcomes it with maypole dancing, drinking, and romance.
From National Geographic ● Dec. 19, 2023
We're also surrounded by frilly curtains and a maypole adorned with police tape and anti-pigeon spikes.
From BBC ● Dec. 5, 2023
First Lady Lou Hoover tried to solve the problem in 1929 by focusing the event on folk dancing, including maypole, Swedish, English, and Native American dances, all performed by Girl Scouts.
From Salon ● Apr. 9, 2023
There was the Distaff Dance, a maypole without men, held in the spring.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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