fun fair
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of fun fair
First recorded in 1920–25
Example Sentences
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The first animals at Battersea Park Children's Zoo lived in a fun fair.
From BBC • May 29, 2026
Stewart Charlesworth’s ingenious, rough-poetry set presents all the world as a shabby but colorful fun fair through which a harsher reality is always visible.
From New York Times • Jul. 15, 2014
Soldiers at a Pyongyang fun fair in 2010.
From Slate • Nov. 7, 2013
Harbor of many ships, haven of people from China, squatter's colony, fun fair, bazaar and boom town.
From The Guardian • Jul. 4, 2012
Finally two African women in flowing, colourful robes came out, laughing like they’d just been at the fun fair.
From "The London Eye Mystery" by Siobhan Dowd
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