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

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

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

The working people reckon their good times from one St. Bridget's kermis to the next.

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