Usually means: Folkloric figure symbolizing spring, nature.
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General (8 matching dictionaries)
  1. Jack-in-the-Green: Merriam-Webster
  2. jack-in-the-green, jack-in-the-green: Collins English Dictionary
  3. jack-in-the-green: Wordnik
  4. Jack-in-the-green: Dictionary.com
  5. Jack in the Green, Jack in the green: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  6. jack-in-the-green: FreeDictionary.org
  7. jack-in-the-green: TheFreeDictionary.com
  8. Jack in the green: Wiktionary

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Jack-in-the-Green: The Folk File

Definitions from Wiktionary (Jack in the green)

noun:  (historical) A person who wore a pyramidal or conical wicker or wooden framework decorated with foliage, as part of May Day processions in England.

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