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Meanings of fat tuesday in English

Portuguese
terça-feira gorda
Catalan
dimarts de carnaval
Spanish
martes de carnaval

A carnival held in some countries on Shrove Tuesday (the last day before Lent) but especially in New Orleans.

terça-feira gorda
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
Usage of fat tuesday in English
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Because of this year's early March 27th Easter, Fat Tuesday arrives tomorrow.
Ebony
2
Thus, their Fat Tuesday passed with some sadness, some gaiety, and much optimism.
Jitterbug Perfume
3
Shake remembered: Fat Tuesday was in two days.
Gutshot straight
4
Everyone wore colorful costumes, gold masks, shiny beads and ostrich feathers: it was always Fat Tuesday here.
Afterlife: the resurrection chronicles
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Mardi Gras, which is French for Fat Tuesday, comes the day before Ash Wednesday, the beginning of Lent on the Catholic calendar.
Reuters
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This is much the way Fat Tuesday is not the whole of Mardi Gras, but it is the last and most celebrated day.
A Wiccan Bible
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Every year, hundreds of young men gather in San Juan de la Vega, Mexico, to celebrate Fat Tuesday by slamming sledge hammers with homemade explosives.
News.com.au
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Now, on the Thursday before Mardi Gras, itself-fivedays before climactic Fat Tuesday-itwas sewing on sequins, dusting off cowbells, and ambling into the streets.
Jitterbug Perfume
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About 1 million people will pour into New Orleans for Fat Tuesday next week, compared to a crowd of 250,000 in Mobile.
Reuters
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