kermis

Example Sentences

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He liked the roaring dynamism of the El, and in Election Night, 1907, he combined it with a flushed, disorderly crowd in a sort of modern kermis.

From Time Magazine Archive

The lad takes his girl about everywhere; they go to the kermis, skate, and amuse themselves, and no one troubles or inquires about them.

From A Wanderer in Holland by Marshall, Herbert, R. W .S.

Two years ago, as usual, I had mingled as a pedestrian with the pleasure-seeking visitors of the kermis.

From The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 06 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. in Twenty Volumes by Francke, Kuno

As soon as I finish making the mannikins for the knitting bags at the kermis.

From The Gorgeous Girl by Bartley, Nalbro

They see each other at the kermis, or in the street, or fields.

From A Wanderer in Holland by Marshall, Herbert, R. W .S.