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

Her guest list of reportedly more than 1,000 people included enough celebrities to make the Met Gala look like a county fair. — Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 7 July 2026

Until just this week, it had been kept rolled up and tucked away in a county fair building. — Rebekah Riess, CNN Money, 4 July 2026

The Fairest of the Fair was a staple of the county fair from 1936 to when the contest was discontinued in 2004. — San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 June 2026

Go to a local carnival or county fair. — Parents, 11 June 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1772, in the meaning defined above

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