Definitions
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- noun a
fair
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- noun a commercially operated park with stalls and shows for amusement
- noun a traveling show; having sideshows and rides and games of skill etc.
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Examples
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I actually had to go there in my police car … .. ‘yes, the funfair is there, making as much noise as a funfair would normally make’.
Wham! « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2006
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Le mot 'funfair' est plus proche de "fête foraine" ou de "parc d'attractions".
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Le mot 'funfair' est plus proche de "fête foraine" ou de "parc d'attractions".
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They set off across Battersea Bridge, towards the park where the upstream element of the festival took part, that very English funfair.
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Think suspension bridges or stomach-churning funfair rides.
The Higher the Heel, the Harder the Fall Tina Gaudoin 2011
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Child A wrote about Pip Davenport, a fairground inventor: If he wasent doing enthing els heel help his uncle Herry at the funfair during the day.
Current Affairs Maxine 2009
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Rock'n'roll bingo, superhero workshops, Dennis The Menace live, plus a funfair with an original 50s helter skelter; this cultural cornucopia for kids sounds so good, those without children might look to loan some.
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These antiquated, funfair devices now sit surrounded by innovative buskers and creative moochers, eager to delight you with more than your penny's worth.
Red Room: Pam Tent: Home Is Where You Hang Your Hat: Why San Francisco Is It for Me Red Room 2011
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Yet as I stood there on Friday the 18th, Tahrir was filled with protestors of various political affiliations and for the most part, a funfair.
Sahar Taman: Egyptians have No Intention of Allowing their Revolution to be Hijacked Sahar Taman 2011
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A dilapidated seaside funfair, which in its heyday was one of the best in Britain, is to get a £3m grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund to help restore an ancient wooden roller-coaster so it can become an amusement park of historic rides.
Dreamland in Margate to get all the fun of the fair in renovation 2011
Prolagus commented on the word funfair
She's the heart of the funfair, she's got me whistling her private tune.
January 7, 2011