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Kirmess † [< Am.E < Du. kirmes < kirk church + mis mass] Obs. 
n. a fair or bazaar held to raise money for charity.
- 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.
- 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.