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Kirmess †
[< Am.E < Du. kirmes < kirk church + mis mass]
Obs.
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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n.
a fair or bazaar held to raise money for charity.
Quotations
1887
The Kirmess in aid of the infants' home being the first ever attempted in Toronto, there are probably many people who not unnaturally will be thankful for a few suggestions as to how they ought to conduct themselves at it.
1889
The "Kirmess" was the social subject of last week's talk. It was a huge bazaar gotten up by charitable and fashionable ladies, for the benefit of the Infants Home.