May Day sweep
May Day sweep is the alternative form of May-day sweep.
Meaning of May-day sweep
Noun
May-day sweep (plural May-day sweeps)
- One of the sweeps (chimney sweeps), clad in bright clothes and garlands and carrying a blackened broom, in a May Day parade.
- The common herd of mortals invent excuses : they shuffle like a May-day sweep, and lie like the prospectus of a new Magazine.1823, New Monthly Magazine, volume 8, page 355
Forms of May Day sweep
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Questions about May Day sweep
- What is May Day sweep the alternative form of?
- May Day sweep is the alternative form of May-day sweep.
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