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fairing

fairing

9.9
A small souvenir bought at a fair or festival
  • noun
  • /ˈfɛrɪŋ/
  • Archaic
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  • She placed the little ceramic fairing she bought at the county fair on the mantel.

Examples

  • The antique shop displayed a shelf full of delicate fairings from Victorian-era fairs.

  • His grandmother collected a fairing from every festival she attended in her youth.

  • I bought a lovely fairing at the craft fair.

  • These fairings are made from local pottery.

  • His grandmother collected a fairing from every festival she attended in her youth.

  • She placed the little ceramic fairing she bought at the county fair on the mantel.

  • I bought a lovely fairing at the craft fair.

How Valuable

collectible
22 4.1
keepsake
22 3.9
souvenir
145 2.3
fairing
  • Archaic
9.9
bauble
11 6.7

Surface Forms

fairing singular
fairings plural

Morphology

fairing = fair (transparent) = fair + ing

The meaning is directly compositional: a fairing is something associated with or bought at a fair.

Etymology

Fairing comes from the word fair, which means 'market' or 'festival', and it was first used for small things people bought at a fair as keepsakes. So a fairing today is a little souvenir you might buy at a fair.