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maypole

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Noun

  1. A pole, garlanded with streamers held by people who dance around it to celebrate May Day.
  2. A very tall girl or young lady.
  3. A maypole-like structure of sticks placed about a sapling in the bowers of certain species of bowerbird.
  4. A penis, especially a large one.

Verb

  1. To dance or spin in a circle around something.

Proper noun

  1. A surname.
  2. A place in England: A settlement on St Mary's, Isles of Scilly, off the coast of Cornwall (OS grid ref SV9211).
  3. A place in England: A settlement near the village of Chelsfield, borough of Bromley, Greater London (OS grid ref TQ4963).
  4. A place in England: A village in Dartford borough, Kent (OS grid ref TQ5173).
  5. A place in England: A settlement in Hoath parish, Canterbury district, Kent (OS grid ref TR2064).
  6. A settlement in Whitecastle community, Monmouthshire, Wales (OS grid ref SO4716).

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