Reverse Dictionary: FAIR (carnival, etc.)

NOUNS
► DEAD PONY GAFF of circus and fairgrounds: a bad site → 1961 UK travelling showmen’s usage
► FAIRING a present given at or brought from a fair → 1574
► FAIRINGS tawdry articles sold or to be won at a fair → 20C
► GAFF a fair → 1753 sl.
► MART a periodical gathering of people for the purpose of buying and selling; a fair → 1437 arch.
► MUCKLE FRIDAY the day on which a large fair is held → 1896 Sc.
► PACK-AND-PENNY DAY the last day of a fair, on which goods are sold cheap → 1869 Eng. dial.
► PACKING-PENNY DAY the last day of the fair, when articles are cheap → 1790 Eng. dial.
► SLUM cheap prizes at a fair, carnival, etc. → 1929 US sl.
► TAN-DAY the second day of a fair; the day after a fair; a fair for fun → 1873 Eng. dial. obs.
► TIDE an annual feast or festivity; a fair → 1865 Eng. dial.
► WALK a village fair; a village fair for hiring servants → 1858 Eng. dial.

NOUNS – PERSON
► FAIR-KEEPER a person appointed to keep order at a fair → 1858 Sc. obs.
► GAFFER a fairground superintendent → 1934 pitchmen’s sl.
► MAGGIEMAN a fairground showman → 20C Irish sl.

VERBS
► NUNDINATE to buy and sell at fairs or markets → 1623 obs.
► PULL DOWN to close up a fairground → 20C fairground and grafters’ colloq.