Mardi Gras
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- Shrove Tuesday, the last day before Lent: it is a day of merrymaking and carnival, as in New Orleans, often marking the climax of a carnival period
- carnival (sense )
See Mardi Gras in American Heritage Dictionary 4
(märˈdē gräˈ)
nouna. Shrove Tuesday, celebrated as a holiday in many places with carnivals, masquerade balls, and parades of costumed merrymakers.
b. A carnival period coming to a climax on this day.
- An occasion of great festivity and merrymaking.
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