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Ren faire en · NOUN
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(US, abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, informal) Clipping of Renaissance faire.
I would've gone to the Ren faire even if I hadn't been on assignment. I'm always looking for interesting off-campus adventures, and what could be more off-campus than a field in the middle of Connecticut where patrons can step into the middle of the 16th century?
2019 September 13, Brittany Menjivar, “All's Faire: Reckoning with the Renaissance”, in Yale Daily News, archived from the original on 26 Jan 2023:Wilmington resident Sarah Bucic is a Ren Faire fan that's happy she won't have to leave the state to enjoy quality performances.
2022 October 19, Andre Lamar, “Beyond giant turkey legs, here's what to expect at new Delaware Renaissance Faire”, in The News Journal, Wilmington, D.E.: Gannett Corporation, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 05 Dec 2022:She opened my door and came in, sitting on the edge of the bed in a flurry of velvet. Loose black cotton pants and a flowing purple top with those wide sleeves and a low-cut, lacy neck. On most, the getup would scream Ren-faire escapee, but Sunny's small waist and curvaceous top pulled it off.
2008, Caitlin Kittredge, Night Life (Nocturne City; 1), New York, N.Y.: St. Martin's Paperbacks, →ISBN, page 19:Just a year ago, I'd had a normal life as a blacksmith in Seattle, one of the coolest cities on the planet. I was shoeing horses and making swords for the local ren faires.
2013, J. A. Pitts, Forged in Fire, New York, N.Y.: Tor Books, →ISBN, page 16:
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