carnival glass
Americannoun
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Even brief parts like a book store clerk or an underpaid worker at a carnival game earn solid snickers from just a sentence or two of dialogue.
From New York Times • Feb. 1, 2023
A child playing a carnival game will be a winner one out of five times.
From Textbooks • Mar. 27, 2020
That’s how the NBA baked parity into their league, through the bouncy ball carnival game we call the lottery.
From The Guardian • Nov. 10, 2016
Another part resembles a carnival game booth, where a stuffed animal can be won with a well-aimed ball toss.
From Washington Post • Jul. 8, 2016
It was obvious he was tentative, the knee looming as if all the bone and flesh and ligament and cartilage lay there exposed for everyone to take a shot at like some carnival game.
From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger
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