mayhole

noun

mayhole

noun

Etymology Blend of maypole + hole.

1

Rare A hole dug in the ground for dancing around on May Day, a feminist alternative to the supposedly phallic maypole.

  • […] held an annual Mayhole Celebration, "a feminist takeoff on the maypole"; […]1996, Harper's, volume 292, numbers 1748-1753, page 72:
  • Andreja Novakovic and Betty Draper used to dance around the “mayhole” in white dresses every spring […]2010, James B. South, Rod Carveth, Mad Men and Philosophy: Nothing Is as It Seems:

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