Jack-in-the-Green

noun

plural Jack-in-the-Greens or Jacks-in-the-Green

1

: a man or boy enclosed in a conical framework covered with leaves and boughs to take a prominent part in the May Day games of English chimney sweeps

2

: an English primrose having sepals resembling leaves

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