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funfair

nounB1+Rare in speech; mostly a word you read · #14,416 of 15,258neutral

Other forms: funfairs

A funfair is a travelling collection of rides and stalls. Go to the funfair, the funfair is in town, funfair rides.

It is the British word for what America calls a carnival, and it moves from town to town on a circuit fixed by long tradition. Many are run by families who have worked the same grounds for generations.

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Definitions of funfair

  1. 1nounfunfairA travelling collection of rides and stalls.B1+

    “We rode the big wheel and ate candyfloss at the funfair on the common.”

funfair is a fair.

Where it comes from

Fun plus fair, a twentieth-century British compound.

From fun + fair.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

Practised in Circus & Fairground

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funfair in the wild

  • Then Potts gets the idea to earn money by cutting hair at the funfair.

    Come to the Funfair

  • In autumn 2011 the funfair was reported to have little or no Korean patronage.

    Mangyongdae Funfair

  • The dismal atmosphere and run-down condition of the funfair were severely criticized by Kim Jong Un, during an inspection in May 2012.

    Mangyongdae Funfair

  • Folly Farm is made up of four areas, including a farmyard, a zoo, and an undercover vintage funfair with a Wurlitzer organ.

    Folly Farm Adventure Park and Zoo

  • The Big Gay Out was a short-lived live popular music event, dance party, and funfair for the LGBT community in Finsbury Park, London.

    Big Gay Out (London)

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. These sentences were written by other people about their own subjects; they are here to show the word at work, not as anybody’s opinion.