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
Flushing does little to amuse its visitors after the sun has left the sea; and we were very glad of the excuse offered by the Middelburg kermis to return to our inland city each afternoon.
From A Wanderer in Holland by Herbert Marshall, R.W.S.
The whole transaction is but an affair of battered kermis, intrinsically not worth a moment's consideration; but it serves its purpose of affording an interesting insight into the character of my escort.
From Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume II From Teheran To Yokohama by Thomas Stevens
The Middelburg kermis is a particularly merry one.
From A Wanderer in Holland by Herbert Marshall, R.W.S.
There had been a kermis at this farm; and kinsfolk had come to eat waffles, ham and custards with their family.
From The Wrack of the Storm by Alexander Teixeira de Mattos
