fun fair
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of fun fair
First recorded in 1920–25
Example Sentences
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Vibeke is a mesmerizing character, Orstavik sketching the contours of her loneliness within a fun fair too rinky-dink to have a Ferris wheel.
From New York Times • Aug. 24, 2018
"Imagine when we have 300,000 subscribers," Monalisa pondered in a video uploaded at a fun fair on the day Pedro was killed.
From BBC • Jun. 30, 2017
Soldiers at a Pyongyang fun fair in 2010.
From Slate • Nov. 7, 2013
We went on the wheel at Battersea fun fair, and we had lots of dinners together.
From The Guardian • Feb. 6, 2011
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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