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Maypole

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May·pole also may·pole  (mpl)
n.
A pole decorated with streamers that those celebrating May Day hold while dancing.
maypole [ˈmeɪˌpəʊl]
n
a tall pole fixed upright in an open space during May-Day celebrations, around which people dance holding streamers attached at its head
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Noun1.Maypole - a vertical pole or post decorated with streamers that can be held by dancers celebrating May Daymaypole - a vertical pole or post decorated with streamers that can be held by dancers celebrating May Day
post - an upright consisting of a piece of timber or metal fixed firmly in an upright position; "he set a row of posts in the ground and strung barbwire between them"
Translations
maypole [ˈmeɪpəʊl] N → mayo m
maypole [ˈmeɪpəʊl] n → mât autour duquel on danse)m enrubanné >
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Bright were the days at Merry Mount, when the Maypole was the banner staff of that gay colony
From Twice Told Tales by Hawthorne, Nathaniel View in context
The Maypole--by which term from henceforth is meant the house, and not its sign--the Maypole was an old building, with more gable ends than a lazy man would care to count on a sunny day; huge zig-zag chimneys, out of which it seemed as though even smoke could not choose but come in more than naturally fantastic shapes, imparted to it in its tortuous progress; and vast stables, gloomy, ruinous, and empty.
Barnaby Rudge - A Tale Of The Riots Of 'Eighty by Dickens, Charles View in context
On that day, there was to be a bonfire on the Place de Grève, a maypole at the Chapelle de Braque, and a mystery at the Palais de Justice.
Notre-Dame de Paris by Hugo, Victor View in context
 
 
 
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