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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 "maypole dance"
Examples for "maypole dance"
1
MUSIC: Any quaint old-time maypole dance will do for the maypole rout.
Patriotic Plays and Pageants for Young People
2
A merry stave, a cup of cherry wine, or a maypole dance?
Patriotic Plays and Pageants for Young People
3
The Maypole dances had been banished, games and laughter were frowned upon.
English Literature for Boys and Girls
4
They had a rehearsal of the Maypole dance and crowning the next day.
More William
5
Edith was one of the child singers in the Maypole dance, and her mother was a nun.
The new yorker
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