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 […]