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Mardi gras   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



... 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


Words linked to "Mardi gras" :   Christian holy day, New Orleans, Shrove Tuesday, Fat Tuesday, pancake day


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