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Dance with May on more than one occasion (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

cancan

'dance' is the definition.
(cancan is a kind of dance)

'may on more than one occasion' is the wordplay.
'may' becomes 'can' (synonyms).
'on more than one occasion' says to double the letters.
'can' doubled is 'CANCAN'.

'with' is the link.

(Other definitions for cancan that I've seen before include "Lively stage dance, doubly permissive" , "Lively French dance, doubly permissive" , "High-kicking dance of repetitive kind" , "Parisian stage dance" , "High-kicking dance of a female chorus line" .)

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