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mayholes

mayholes is the plural of mayhole.

Meaning of mayhole

Noun

mayhole (plural mayholes)

  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

Questions about mayholes

What is mayholes the plural of?
Mayholes is the plural of mayhole.

Words near mayholes in the dictionary

  1. Mayhew
  2. Mayhew Lake
  3. Mayhewian
  4. Mayhews
  5. mayhole
  6. mayholes
  7. Mayhorn
  8. Mayhorns
  9. Mayhue
  10. Mayhues
  11. Mayhugh

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