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noun

Mardi gras n.

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.

The series of festival events celebrated on Mardi Gras (1).

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Mardi gras" Quotes from Famous Books

... Mainz strolled the streets of Kingston in an extreme of atmosphere seldom to be enjoyed. Not only was the advent of a divisional magnitude fracas only a short period away, but the freedom of an election day as well. The carnival, the Mardi Gras, the fete, the fiesta, of an election. Election Day, when each aristocrat became only a man, and each man an aristocrat, free of all society's artificially conceived, ...

— Mercenary • Dallas McCord Reynolds

... before Mardi Gras in New Orleans, and the "Queen City of the South" was in her gayest attire, being thronged with visitors from the North and from almost every part ...

— Frank Merriwell Down South • Burt L. Standish

... Uncle Al shaking his head and saying sadly, "Some day, young fella, I ain't gonna sit here harmonizing. No siree! I'm gonna buy myself a brand new store suit, trade in this here jig jug for a big round banjo, and hie myself off to the Mardi Gras. Ain't too old thataway to git a little fun out ...

— The Mississippi Saucer • Frank Belknap Long

... buildings, the Mardi Gras parades are glorious sights for children from eight to eighty years ...

— American Adventures - A Second Trip 'Abroad at home' • Julian Street

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