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fancy fairs

fancy fairs is the plural of fancy fair.

Meaning of fancy fair

Noun

fancy fair (plural fancy fairs)

  1. (historical) A fair at which mostly decorative articles are sold, generally for charitable ends.
    • "A fancy fair is a new kind of charity, my lord; or, strictly speaking, a new mode of dispensing it, by employing the wits and fingers of our wives and daughters in making all sorts of fidfads, which turns your house into a Babel, sends your servants to Ackermann's, or the haberdasher's, ten times...1842, [anonymous collaborator of Letitia Elizabeth Landon], chapter XXXVII, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 168

Questions about fancy fairs

What is fancy fairs the plural of?
Fancy fairs is the plural of fancy fair.

Words near fancy fairs in the dictionary

  1. fancy Dans
  2. fancy dress
  3. fancy dresses
  4. Fancy Dutch
  5. fancy fair
  6. fancy fairs
  7. Fancy Gap
  8. fancy girl
  9. fancy girls
  10. fancy goods
  11. fancy house

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