county fair

noun

1. a competitive exhibition of farm products, livestock, etc., often held annually in the same place in the county.

Word History and Origins

Origin of county fair¹

First recorded in 1835–45

Example Sentences

Cedar, who was bought at the county fair for $902, was butchered, but it remains unclear who did it.

From Los Angeles Times

A man apparently won a $1-million California lottery ticket at the Orange County Fair last week.

From Los Angeles Times

The 42-year-old chair of the Republican Party in Door County, a bellwether district in the battleground state of Wisconsin, is at the county fair to urge undecided voters to cast a ballot for Donald Trump.

From BBC

County Fair — all of which I declined.

From Los Angeles Times

"I went to the L.A. County Fair, and I won that blue ribbon," she remembers.

From Salon