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Mardi Gras   /mˈɑrdi græs/   Listen
noun
Mardi gras  n.  
1.
The last day of Carnival; the Tuesday before Ash Wednesday (the beginning of Lent and fasting); Shrove Tuesday; in some cities a great day of carnival and merrymaking; in the United States it is especially associated with New Orleans.
Synonyms: pancake day.
2.
The series of festival events celebrated on Mardi Gras (1).





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"Mardi gras" Quotes from Famous Books



... was all meant for ex-Private, Captain de facto, and Colonel-elect Willie Robbins. The town was crazy about him. They notified us that the reception they were going to put up would make the Mardi Gras in New Orleans look like an afternoon tea in Bury St. ...
— Options • O. Henry
... course I'm fond of them," answered Spence Cuthbert, who was from Kentucky on a Mardi Gras visit to Dulce Norris, her school-chum and cousin by several removes, "but not fond enough to break an engagement ...
— "Forward, March" - A Tale of the Spanish-American War • Kirk Munroe


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