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Meanings of Shrove Tuesday in English

Catalan
dimarts de carnestoltes
Spanish
martes de carnaval

The last day before Lent.

dimarts de carnestoltes
Synonyms
Examples for "Mardi Gras"
Examples for "Mardi Gras"
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Like New Orleans, Mobile Mardi Gras celebrations continued along racially divided lines.
Ebony
2
It's like a mix of Mardi Gras and New Years Time Square.
Ebony
3
Numbers do not tell the full story of Mardi Gras, locals say.
Reuters
4
He married Margaret Templeton, a New Orleans socialite and Mardi Gras Queen.
Sins of the Fathers
5
New Orleans, home of the Mardi Gras, of little lives, unknown names.
A quiet vendetta
1
I feel that we need to up our game a bit this coming pancake day.
The Irish Times
2
It was Pancake Day and Mr and Mrs Grumpy don't like pancakes.
The Irish Times
3
Facebook Twitter Pinterest The UK consumes an estimated 52m eggs on Pancake Day.
The Guardian
4
The UK consumes an estimated 52m eggs on Pancake Day, more than double the normal rate.
The Guardian
5
I didn't mean that Pancake day should be so bad after all for my little Remi.
Nobody's Boy / Sans Famille
Usage of Shrove Tuesday in English
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The Pancake bell is still rung regularly in Peterborough on Shrove Tuesday.
Weather and Folk Lore of Peterborough and District
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William describes the cocking as the sport of school-boys on Shrove Tuesday.
The Gaming Table: Its Votaries and Victims. Volume 2 (of 2)
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It was Shrove Tuesday, and the streets were full of revellers.
Barlasch of the Guard
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Another form of sport was that of throwing at cocks on Shrove Tuesday.
Fragments of Two Centuries: Glimpses of Country Life when George...
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Carnival ends at twelve o'clock on the night of Shrove Tuesday.
A Siren
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The responses flowed in; we take Shrove Tuesday and its pancake ritual seriously here.
The Irish Times
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His plan settled, he decided to strike the fatal blow on the Shrove Tuesday.
The Lerouge Case
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Thirty years come last Shrove Tuesday; I dandled ye on my knee, and eh!
The Golden Scorpion
9
At Cobern in the Eifel Mountains the lads make up a straw-man on Shrove Tuesday.
The Golden Bough: A Study of Magic and Religion
10
Moreover, this day, so close, was the last of the carnival; it was Shrove Tuesday.
The Lerouge Case
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Over in the north-east, Shrove Tuesday has taken on an even more fiercely competitive aspect.
The Guardian
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It takes place during the lead-up to Shrove Tuesday.
BBC
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The Shrove Tuesday charity event pits MPs, peers and the press pack against each other.
BBC
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It being Shrove Tuesday, had some very good fritters.
Diary of Samuel Pepys — Volume 33: January/February 1664-65
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Masque, at the Lord Viscount Hadington's Marriage at Court, on Shrove Tuesday at night, 1608.
The Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland (1753) Volum...
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They likewise eat geese upon St. Martin's Day, Twelfth Day, and Shrove Tuesday, at Paris.
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction. Volume 20,...
Translations for Shrove Tuesday