Definitions for vanity fair

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

Van′ity Fair′(n.)

(in Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress) a fair that goes on perpetually in the town of Vanity and symbolizes worldly ostentation and frivolity.
Category: Literature
(often l.c.) any place or group characterized by a preoccupation with idle pleasures or ostentation.

Princeton's WordNet

vanity fair(noun)
a vain and frivolous lifestyle especially in large cities

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