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county fair noun

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Definition

a large public event that happens every summer in US counties (= division of a state), with rides, games and competitions for the best animal, best cooked dish, etc.
She won first prize for her raspberry jam at the Mitchell county fair.

(Definition of county fair noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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