funfair
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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A funfair will run until 21:00 GMT offering entertainment for families after prayers.
From BBC ● Mar. 20, 2026
Julie Burton, 60, said she regularly attended the funfair when she was a child.
From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2025
The M40 southbound in Buckinghamshire has been closed after a funfair lorry ended up on its side, causing miles of queues.
From BBC ● Mar. 24, 2024
About 6,000 tickets were snapped up for a coronation shindig complete with a huge television screen broadcasting the ceremony, funfair rides and bands playing Jewish, South American and gospel music, Anand said.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 30, 2023
Below and ahead of them, lit up like a ghastly funfair, was a rectangle of stark, garish white light desecrating an otherwise blacked-out landscape.
From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein
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