county fair

American  

noun

1. a competitive exhibition of farm products, livestock, etc., often held annually in the same place in the county.

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Etymology

Origin of county fair

First recorded in 1835–45

Example Sentences

I leaned in to look at the jade and mumbled something about it being nice, though the green glass beads Aunt Pretty won at the county fair last year looked just as pretty and sparkled a whole lot more.

From Literature

Junior sounded as if he’d just won the blue ribbon at the county fair.

From Literature

“Eben, if you want to see something special, come over and I’ll show you my log cabin quilt. I was just a young woman when I won second place at the county fair with that quilt.”

From Literature

Just as Pa thought Judgment Day had come, the outhouse started spinning around like the merry-go-round at the county fair.

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The fair was the county fair, which Maya-Jade and Mim had invited him to a while back.

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