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Maytime

American  
[mey-tahym] / ˈmeɪˌtaɪm /

noun

  1. the month of May.


Etymology

Origin of Maytime

First recorded in 1795–1805; May + time

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Philosophically he makes a match between her and young Perley; and in Maytime in Marlow meets a former sweetheart, now a widow with two children.

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By bringing in huge initial receipts, elaborate pictures like Maytime, Lost Horizon, A Star is Born have encouraged producers, never inclined to be pennywise, to spend stockholders' funds more freely than ever.

From Time Magazine Archive

Dr. Finley's two sons and daughter grew up years since and moved away from the Maytime tulip beds in iron-fenced Gramercy Park.

From Time Magazine Archive

Of all the scores he has written in the past generation, he likes The Student Prince, The New Moon, Maytime and My Maryland best.

From Time Magazine Archive

Not yet the round clouds of the Maytime cling Above the world's blue wonder's curving show, And tempt to linger with their lingering.

From The Melody of Earth An Anthology of Garden and Nature Poems From Present-Day Poets by Various

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