First Known Use: 1754
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vanity fair
noun, often capitalized V&F
Definition of VANITY FAIR
: a scene or place characterized by frivolity and ostentation
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Origin of VANITY FAIR
Vanity-Fair, a fair held in the frivolous town of Vanity in Pilgrim's Progress (1678) by John Bunyan
Rhymes with VANITY FAIR
breath of fresh air, butterfly chair, chargé d'affaires, chemin de fer, commissionaire, concessionaire, couturiere, devil-may-care, director's chair, electric chair, enamelware, intensive care, lighter-than-air, memoriter, minimal pair, out of one's hair, Parian ware, pied-à-terre, primary care, ready-to-wear, social welfare, son et lumière, spectacled bear, surface-to-air, up in the air, vogue la galère
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