Sentence examples for English fairground from inspiring English sources
1731), the English fairground conjurer, and Matthew Buchinger (1674 1739), "The Little Man of Nuremberg"—who exhibited the classic cups and balls effect although he had no arms or legs were the best-known performers in the first half of the century.
Continuing along the prom, I encountered the true delights of an English seaside resort: sprawling fairground rides, adventure playgrounds, dog-shitting greens, non-functional fountains, quaint boarded-up urinals, holes in cliffs, toy trains and berths for boats offering cruises.
"I've used purely historic English styles, not American – I'm not going to lie to you, the American fairground stuff is rubbish".
Identical statues of English stand in front of the Scott County Courthouse in Scottsburg, Indiana, and at the Crawford County Fairgrounds in English.
Despite its English origins, the revival of "la boxe", as the French called it, came to Paris via America, and was associated with fairground and circus attractions.
Butlins had a fairground.
Why Can't the English Speak English? is delivered as speech; I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face becomes three lines of drunken sprawl; I Could Have Danced All Night is sarcastically delivered as a rapid, fairground hammond organ jingle.
Fairground Attraction, 145 Main Street, Mount Kisco, (914) 241-4433.
But this is fairground stuff.
I bravely ordered what the English version of the menu advertised as goldfish, and was relieved to see that my dinner wasn't something you could win in a fairground but altogether bigger and, well, whiter.
