fairground

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/ ˈfɛərˌgraʊnd /

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noun

Often fairgrounds. a place where fairs, horse races, etc., are held; in the U.S. usually an area set aside by a city, county, or state for an annual fair and often containing exhibition buildings.

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Origin of fairground

First recorded in 1735–45; fair² + ground¹

Words nearby fairground

fair enough, fairfaced, Fairfax, Fairfield, fair game, fairground, fair-haired, fair-haired boy, Fairhaven, fairily, fairing

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How to use fairground in a sentence

When work did not conclude last month, ballots were moved again, this time to a nearby warehouse at the state’s fairgrounds, because organizers of a gun show had rented the arena.
Republican-led Arizona ballot review grinds to rocky conclusion, with results expected next month|Rosalind Helderman|July 29, 2021|Washington Post
There was a parade, and Ed rode a float down Robertson Boulevard to the fairground with all the kids, who kept hugging him.
The ballad of the Chowchilla bus kidnapping|Kaleb Horton|July 23, 2021|Vox
Audit spokesman Ken Bennett told The Washington Post work is now expected to take a week or two longer to complete — on Thursday the Senate signed a contract for space on the fairgrounds through July 14.
Ballots and voting equipment are moved again as review of 2020 election drags on in Arizona’s Maricopa County|Rosalind Helderman|July 1, 2021|Washington Post
The Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum opened on the fairgrounds in 1965 with Bob Hope hosting the Ice Follies, according to the Phoenix New Times.
The mess in Maricopa|Dan Zak|May 21, 2021|Washington Post

The probe of Maricopa County's ballots, which began on April 23 at the state fairgrounds in Phoenix, can remain on the site through June 30.
The Trailer: Click, donate, lose: Do Democrats have a candidate glut?|David Weigel|May 13, 2021|Washington Post
“No more than two miles from me is the state fairground,” he said.
Stop Me Before I Buy a Gun Again, Begs Bipolar Man|Eleanor Clift|June 6, 2014|DAILY BEAST
It ended, magnificently, in a shoot-out between the women in a fairground hall of mirrors.
How the Daytime Soap Came Back From the Dead|Tim Teeman|January 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
On weekends, the parking lot doubles as a sort of fairground and playground for kids.
Slaughter in Nairobi: Bloody Siege in Shopping Mall Kills Dozens|Margot Kiser|September 22, 2013|DAILY BEAST
The British consulate just posted this cute video on Vine of Harry playing fairground games on the rebuilt boardwalk.
Prince Harry's U.S. Tour: Rolling Updates and all the News and Pictures as It Happens|Tom Sykes|May 15, 2013|DAILY BEAST
“The whole scene looked like a temporary fairground of basics taken for granted across the highway,” Brick observes.
‘Saving the School’ by Michael Brick: the Fight for Education Reform in America|Dana Goldstein|August 13, 2012|DAILY BEAST
The modern Provincial Fairground, lying well within the city limits of Calgary, was selected as the site of the performance.
On the Edge of the Arctic|Harry Lincoln Sayler

British Dictionary definitions for fairground

fairground

/ (ˈfɛəˌɡraʊnd) /

noun

an open space used for a fair or exhibition

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