mayhole

English

Etymology

Blend of maypole +‎ hole

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