Definition of "kermesse" []

• Alternative form of kirmess. (noun)

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• "He caught my eye racing in Belgium this spring, winning kermesse races left and right."
• "Although “La foire aux plaisirs” (sometimes called “la kermesse”) is often the expression used for the annual school fete, there is a unique and gigantic “Funfair” called “La Foire aux plaisirs”, in the town of Bordeaux (twice a year, for 3 weeks – a tradition since 1850)."
• "Russians, in my experience, are part-drunk most of the time, but if there's a sober soul between the Black Sea and the Caspian for weeks after the Rostov kermesse he must be a Baptist hermit; Taganrog was littered with returned revellers."