"Oktoberfest" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1951, William Manchester, Disturber of the Peace: The Life of H. L. Mencken, page 143:",
          "text": "These Oktoberfests always resulted in bitter physical complaints, (“My liver is swelled to the thickness of seven inches, and I have spiders in my urine”), but they served for him the same peculiar function that all-night country-club gin parties were serving elsewhere.",
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          "text": "Joe Rogers writes that he and Jean are headed for Germany and are quite pleased with the prospect. They must have heard about these Oktoberfests.",
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          "ref": "1960, The Bulletin, page 8:",
          "text": "This includes interpreters for many of the world’s languages and 50 dirndl-clad waitresses versed in the intricacies of serving at Munich Oktoberfests.",
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