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==Etymology== ''Carny'' is thought to have become popularized around 1931 in North America, when it was first colloquially used to describe one who works at a carnival.<ref name="mwod">{{cite web |url=http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/Carnie |title=Definition of carny |publisher=[[Merriam-Webster]] Online |access-date=November 6, 2007 |archive-date=November 5, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071105151552/http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/carnie |url-status=live }}</ref> The word ''[[carnival]]'', originally meaning a "time of merrymaking before [[Lent]]" and referring to a time denoted by lawlessness (often ritualised under a [[lord of misrule]] figure and intended to show the consequences of social chaos), came into use around 1549.
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