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state fairs

state fairs is the plural of state fair.

Meaning of state fair

Noun

state fair (plural state fairs)

  1. (US) An annual competitive and recreational gathering of a U.S. state's population, usually held in late summer or early fall.
    • When summer ended—when the State Fair closed and the heat broke, when the last green hop vines had been torn down along the H Street road and the tule fog began rising off the low ground at night—[…]1968, Joan Didion, “Notes from a Native Daughter”, in Slouching Towards Bethlehem

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What is state fairs the plural of?
State fairs is the plural of state fair.

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