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
As soon as I finish making the mannikins for the knitting bags at the kermis.
From The Gorgeous Girl by Bartley, Nalbro
The Middelburg kermis is a particularly merry one.
From A Wanderer in Holland by Marshall, Herbert, R. W .S.
They see each other at the kermis, or in the street, or fields.
From A Wanderer in Holland by Marshall, Herbert, 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 Teixeira de Mattos, Alexander
