county fair

noun

: a fair usually held annually at a set location in a county especially to exhibit local agricultural products and livestock

Examples of county fair in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Williams wrote the song with fellow songwriters P.J. Harding and Ned Houston and said the idea came from the joy of going to a small-town carnival or county fair. —Melonee Hurt, The Tennessean, 17 June 2024

The official version is that Mrs. Dadson went into labor while her husband, Kyle, was showing pigs at a nearby county fair. —Scott Cacciola, New York Times, 23 Mar. 2025

Earlier this year, the California Authority of Racing Fairs canceled all races at county fairs, effectively shuttering horse racing in Northern California. —Luis Melecio-Zambrano, Mercury News, 25 Mar. 2025

People are drawn to the events by their party-like atmosphere, county fair homeyness and, of course, the chance to win meat packaged and provided by a butcher or distributor. —David Andreatta, New York Times, 16 Feb. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1772, in the meaning defined above

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