Meaning of pageant fever | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A rise in the popular enthusiasm for pageants.
   uncountable
2. An enthusiastic desire to participate in pageants.
   uncountable

Examples

“All ranks appear to have imbibed the pageant-fever from the fair aristocrat, who arranges her raven locks after the Jewess fashion, so becomingly borne by Mrs. Flynn, down to the ragged urchin who patrols the street with a stick and a kite ...”

“One can fancy, if this “Pageant fever” continues, that Bury St. Edmunds will be boasting that she has gathered her tens of thousands where Warwick gathered her thousands, and so on.”

“Last year, it may be remembered, my allusions, such as they were, to the Pageant fever that obsessed the country (Pageantitis) were couched in somewhat supercilious vain.”

“The “pageant fever” that strikes this resort each September ...”

“Whether we admit it or not, once a year (and only once), the country comes down with pageant fever.”

“Most contestants don't need much encouragement; once they begin to compete they catch pageant fever.”

“JonBenét seemed to have pageant fever, too. She was a seasoned pro by the time she was six.”

“By Thursday, Momma's pageant fever was worse than ever, though the tri-county pageant wasn't until early June.”

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