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Meanings of maypole dancing in English

Russian
троицкая берёза
Portuguese
festa do mastro
Spanish
palo de mayo
Catalan
maypole
Wikidata

Tall wooden pole erected as a part of various European folk festivals.

троицкая берёза
Wikidata

Type of ribbon dance.

Synonyms
Examples for "may pole"
Examples for "may pole"
1
And I may pole up little higher.
Bella Donna: A Novel
2
They erected a May pole and were going to dance around it.
A Little Girl in Old Boston
3
In the afternoon, a May pole is erected in the centre of the village.
The Girl's Cabinet of Instructive and Moral Stories
4
The colors on the May pole matched the colored caps that the children wore.
Entertaining Made Easy
5
In the picture you see the May pole-theQueen, the crowner, and her two maids of honor.
The Girl's Cabinet of Instructive and Moral Stories
Usage of maypole dancing in English
1
It doesn't look quite so heinous to us, this Maypole dancing, as it did to the outraged Puritans.
The Old Coast Road / From Boston to Plymouth
2
"He's the one who organized stuff like the Maypole dancing and that naming ceremony."
The Dreaming Place