A funfair is the British and Irish term for a travelling amusement park — that annual spectacle of flashing lights, rickety rides, candy floss, and overpriced hook-a-duck stalls that rolls into town on a lorry convoy and transforms a car park or common into a pocket-sized carnival. The word perfectly captures the combination of fun and festivity, and it carries a nostalgic warmth for anyone who spent childhood evenings screaming on the Waltzer or trying to win a goldfish.
The funfair set up on the seafront every August Bank Holiday weekend and the whole town turned out.
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(UK, Ireland) A travelling amusement park.
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