| 单词 | market fair |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmarket fair market fair n. (a) = fair n.2 1; †(b) Scottish = fairing n.1 (obsolete). ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > giving > gift or present > [noun] > gift brought from or given at a fair fairing1574 market fair1776 society > leisure > social event > large or public event > [noun] > fair fair?a1300 kermis1577 playa1586 gaff1753 market fair1776 street fair1854 1776 J. Bentham Fragm. on Govt. Pref. p. xxvi ‘Burglary’, says our Author [sc. Blackstone] ‘cannot be committed in a tent or a booth erected in a market fair’ [Blackstone reads: market or fair]. 1821 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 8 433 The rogues escaped from task, Here take their stand, the ‘market fair’ to ask. 1838 Wilson's Hist. Tales Borders V. 51 I'm gaun wi ye to the market, an' ye maun gie me my market-fare. 1887 H. H. Jackson Between Whiles 7 Who buys? Who buys? 'T is like a market-fair. 1996 R. Hass Sun under Wood 58 In the town center of Kwangju, there was a late October market fair. < as lemmas |
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