MAY
NOUNS
1968 ► the first day of May → MITCHELL DAY → Amer. miners’ usage
NOUNS, PERSON
1841 ► a person born in May → MAY-BIRD → Sc.
1842 ► a person befooled on the 1st of May; an ‘April fool’→ MAY-GOSLING → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1869 ► a person befooled on the 1st of May; an ‘April fool’ → MAY-FOOL → Eng. dial.
1879 ► a child born in May → MAY-CAT → Eng. dial.
1896 ► a chimney sweep enclosed in a portable framework of boughs for the processions on the first of May → JACK-IN-THE-GREEN → sl. (Bk.)
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