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Maying

American

[mey-ing] / ˈmeɪ ɪŋ /

noun

the celebration of May Day.

Maying British

/ ˈmeɪɪŋ /

noun

the traditional celebration of May Day

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Etymology

Origin of Maying

1350–1400; Middle English maiing; see May, -ing ¹

Example Sentences

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Chiang Kaishek; and Maying Hsi Soong, 24, daughter of Te-mou Hsi, representative in Washington, of China's Ministry of Finance: a daughter, their first child; in Washington.

From Time Magazine Archive

Chiang Kaishek; and Maying Hsi, 23-year-old Manhattan art student, daughter of Te-mou Hsi, general manager of the Central Bank of China; in Manhattan.

From Time Magazine Archive

Nine days it’s been since the Maying, and I am restless yet.

From "Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village" by Laura Amy Schlitz

It may have been the Maying, or the compliment which the cockney Knight had paid her, or some premonition such as comes to women before their joy.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White

One of the most appealing Canons in modern literature is the setting for soprano and barytone, by Henschel, of the poem Oh that we two were Maying by Charles Kingsley.

From Music: An Art and a Language by Spalding, Walter Raymond

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