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☆ Mardi Gras (mär′dē grä′)
- 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 )
Etymology: Fr, lit., fat Tuesday
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