variants
or fun fair
chiefly British
: an outdoor event featuring games, rides, exhibitions, and other forms of entertainment
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England were embarrassingly under-dressed, out of rhythm and not up for a fight after the summer holiday funfair of The Hundred took out the August calendar.
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Tim Ellis, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
His closing shot is a twinkling funfair diorama with what looks like a cardboard crescent moon, a disconcertingly beautiful image with which to cap an account of traumatic upheaval in his father’s young life.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 28 Aug. 2025
The funfair lights at Louis Vuitton shone as brightly as the starry front row Tuesday for the vibrant and infectious spring collection from Nicolas Ghesquiere that capped Paris Fashion Week.
—Thomas Adamson, ajc, 4 Oct. 2022
The score by Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross taps into a nostalgic vein and the overall visual luster of the film, from the kaleidoscopic radiance of a funfair to the edge-of-the-world expanse of the shoreline.
—Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2022
The queen’s youngest son, Prince Edward, and his wife Sophie, Countess of Wessex, visited a 1950s-themed seaside funfair in Belfast.
—Danica Kirka and Sylvia Hui, USA TODAY, 5 June 2022
The queen's youngest son, Prince Edward, and his wife Sophie, Countess of Wessex, visited a 1950s-themed seaside funfair in Belfast.
—Arkansas Online, 5 June 2022
Just to the east of central Oslo, Grønland hosted a funfair where ice cream vendors did a roaring trade.
—David Nikel, Forbes, 17 May 2022
As well as having its share of villainous lairs, concrete bunkers, and secret laboratories, Blackreef has its own funfair complex, a rooftop bar, and even a plush, renovated castle that comes with a dance floor and comedy club.
—Ewan Wilson, Wired, 15 Sep. 2021
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Tim Ellis, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
His closing shot is a twinkling funfair diorama with what looks like a cardboard crescent moon, a disconcertingly beautiful image with which to cap an account of traumatic upheaval in his father’s young life.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 28 Aug. 2025
The funfair lights at Louis Vuitton shone as brightly as the starry front row Tuesday for the vibrant and infectious spring collection from Nicolas Ghesquiere that capped Paris Fashion Week.
—Thomas Adamson, ajc, 4 Oct. 2022
The score by Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross taps into a nostalgic vein and the overall visual luster of the film, from the kaleidoscopic radiance of a funfair to the edge-of-the-world expanse of the shoreline.
—Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2022
The queen’s youngest son, Prince Edward, and his wife Sophie, Countess of Wessex, visited a 1950s-themed seaside funfair in Belfast.
—Danica Kirka and Sylvia Hui, USA TODAY, 5 June 2022
The queen's youngest son, Prince Edward, and his wife Sophie, Countess of Wessex, visited a 1950s-themed seaside funfair in Belfast.
—Arkansas Online, 5 June 2022
Just to the east of central Oslo, Grønland hosted a funfair where ice cream vendors did a roaring trade.
—David Nikel, Forbes, 17 May 2022
As well as having its share of villainous lairs, concrete bunkers, and secret laboratories, Blackreef has its own funfair complex, a rooftop bar, and even a plush, renovated castle that comes with a dance floor and comedy club.
—Ewan Wilson, Wired, 15 Sep. 2021
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“Funfair.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/funfair. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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