Definition of "kirmess" [kir•mess]

• Variant of kermis. (noun)

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• "France uses the kirmess oak, which grows in the south of that country and in northern Africa."
• "Heuberger's talent is of the graceful style; he is not very original but his waltzes and "Laendlers" have the true Viennese ring, and the kirmess in the first act is very characteristic; it is melodious and"
• "From saloon to salon, from kitchen to kirmess, from the faro table to the Queen's drawing-room, from the canvas trousers of the miner to Poole's creations, from the calico frock of the housemaid to"