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- noun Plural form of
carnival .
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Examples
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However much the news insists, for example, on speaking of the summer celebrations as "popular festivals," we stubbornly refer to them by the nickname "carnivals."
Yoani Sanchez: Goodbye "Comrade," Hello "Mister" Yoani Sanchez 2011
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However much the news insists, for example, on speaking of the summer celebrations as "popular festivals," we stubbornly refer to them by the nickname "carnivals."
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Yoani Sanchez 2011
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My preferred image was one of those “dunk tanks” you sometimes see in carnivals but more often in sitcoms.
“In the Tank” Redux 2008
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Either go the blog carnival site to submit your post, or email Big A little a. More details and a round up of past carnivals is at Big A little a. Due date: January 15th!
Submit Your Entry for the Next Carnival of Children's Literature 2007
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I gather there was more than one Laffing Sal (and apparently a Laffing Sam, as well), in carnivals across the country, scaring the pants off a whole generation of little kids.
Musee Mechanique Heather McDougal 2007
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BTW I came across three cheese sandwich recipes today when i was bloghopping for my weekend Curry Mela Like carnival, we call carnivals mela
The Cheese Sandwich Chronicles #3 Cheese Sandwiches are Like Food Blogger Friends, You Can Never Have Too Many! Kalyn Denny 2006
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Dragons are everywhere you look these days; in The Never-Ending Story, in Chinese carnivals, on the mantlepieces of all kinds of creepy friendless people.
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It is related to celebrations elsewhere, called carnivals, from the Latin words carne and vale, meat and farewell, meaning a farewell to meat before the abstinence of Lent.
Mardi Gras 2002
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7 December, 2006 in carnivals, feminism, thinking out loud
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Maybe one day having one of your discovery posts appear in one of the carnivals will be the equivalent of today having a paper published in a top journal.
Archive 2006-06-01 Pedro Beltrao 2006
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