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Vanity Fair

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Van·i·ty Fair also van·i·ty fair  (vn-t)
n.
A place or scene of ostentation or empty, idle amusement and frivolity.
[From Vanity Fair, the fair in Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan.]
Vanity Fair
n
(often not capitals) Literary the social life of a community, esp of a great city, or the world in general, considered as symbolizing worldly frivolity
[from Bunyan's The Pilgrim's Progress]
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Noun1.Vanity Fairvanity fair - a vain and frivolous lifestyle especially in large cities
life style, life-style, lifestyle, modus vivendi - a manner of living that reflects the person's values and attitudes


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It was late in the day when the train thundered into the ancient city of Vanity, where Vanity Fair is still at the height of prosperity, and exhibits an epitome of whatever is brilliant, gay, and fascinating beneath the sun.
Mosses From An Old Manse and other stories by Hawthorne, Nathaniel View in context
For all men life is indeed a journey, and the Slough of Despond, Doubting Castle, Vanity Fair, and the Valley of Humiliation are places where in one sense or another every human soul has often struggled and suffered; so that every reader goes hand in hand with Christian and his friends, fears for them in their dangers and rejoices in their escapes.
A History of English Literature by Fletcher, Robert Huntington View in context
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