jack-in-the-green

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noun

(in England, formerly) a man who wore or supported a leaf-covered wooden framework while dancing in May-Day celebrations

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Words nearby jack-in-the-green

jackie tar, jack in, jacking engine, jack-in-office, jack-in-the-box, jack-in-the-green, jack-in-the-pulpit, Jack Ketch, jackknife, jackknife-fish, jack ladder

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How to use jack-in-the-green in a sentence

If you cannot escape like a philosopher into a forest, at least you can carry the forest with you, like a Jack-in-the-Green.
A Miscellany of Men|G. K. Chesterton
The only traces of the old custom of going a-Maying were the garlands of the milk-maids and the Jack-in-the-green of the sweeps.
St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, Vol. 5, May, 1878, No. 7.|Various
Miss Aynton's chef-d'oeuvre reminded him, it seems, of Jack-in-the-Green.
Mirk Abbey, Volume 1(of 3)|James Payn
What a jolly old Jack-in-the-Green you must have looked like!
Hide and Seek|Wilkie Collins

Why, you're covered with laurel, boy, like Jack-in-the-Green.
Rose MacLeod|Alice Brown