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UK
/mˈeɪpəʊl/
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NOUN
- a vertical pole or post decorated with streamers that can be held by dancers celebrating May Day
How To Use maypole In A Sentence
- As the recitalist said, there are many kinds of dance: maypole, flamenco, ballet, to name but a few.
- Celebrations include dancing and singing around Maypoles and balefires, and flowers are placed about the home.
- He's just kind of standing there while Lacey does her best maypole dancing around him. Dancing with the Stars Episode Recap: Monday, Oct. 3, 2011
- There seems to be a sense that the core dynamic is the same: nursing, for all its new independence and expertise, is still dancing around the medical maypole.
- Revels and merriment after the old English custome; [they] prepared to sett up a Maypole upon the festivall day . . . and therefore brewed a barrell of excellent beare [beer] . . . to be spent, with other good cheare, for all commers of that day . . . A Renegade History of the United States
- Whatever happened to good old May Queen's, Morris dancing and ribbon dancing around a maypole.
- The maypole is a common part of Beltane festivals. Where To Park Your Broomstick
- One large elm out of the two on the left-hand side as you enter what I call the elm walk, was likewise blown down; the maypole bearing the weathercock was broke in two, and what I regret more than all the rest is, that all the three elms which grew in Jane Austen, Her Life and Letters A Family Record
- Sober Briquette said ... both sides are equally relieved the fence is there ... saw your comment at painted maypole - MAKE time to read that book. Chickens are Fascinating
- To recreate the country's Midsummer celebration, people in traditional dress danced around a maypole.