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MAYPOLE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does maypole mean?
• MAYPOLE (noun)
The noun MAYPOLE has 1 sense:
1. a vertical pole or post decorated with streamers that can be held by dancers celebrating May Day
Familiarity information: MAYPOLE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A vertical pole or post decorated with streamers that can be held by dancers celebrating May Day
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("maypole" is a kind of...):
post (an upright consisting of a piece of timber or metal fixed firmly in an upright position)
Context examples
The next was too tall: “What a maypole!” said she.
(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)
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