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A sporting event that involves staying on, climbing up, walking over or otherwise traversing a pole that has been made slippery. / The slippery pole used in the event.

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greasy pole

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greasy pole

Noun

countable uncountable figuratively

A sporting event that involves staying on, climbing up, walking over or otherwise traversing a pole that has been made slippery. / The slippery pole used in the event.

Japanese Meaning

油などで滑りやすくなった棒（競技に使用される） / その滑りやすい棒を使って行うスポーツ競技

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海辺の祭りで、歓声を浴びながらついに彼が油を塗った棒にしがみつき、拍手の中で水に滑り落ちた。

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The slippery pole used in the event.

He advertised about the town, in long posters of a pink colour, that games of all sorts would take place here; and set to work a little battalion of men under his own eye. They erected greasy-poles for climbing, with smoked hams and local cheeses at the top.

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