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 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 Stevens, Thomas
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.
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.
