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Meanings of pancake day 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"
        1
        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
        The Pancake bell is still rung regularly in Peterborough on Shrove Tuesday.
        Weather and Folk Lore of Peterborough and District
        2
        William describes the cocking as the sport of school-boys on Shrove Tuesday.
        The Gaming Table: Its Votaries and Victims. Volume 2 (of 2)
        3
        It was Shrove Tuesday, and the streets were full of revellers.
        Barlasch of the Guard
        4
        Another form of sport was that of throwing at cocks on Shrove Tuesday.
        Fragments of Two Centuries: Glimpses of Country Life when George...
        5
        Carnival ends at twelve o'clock on the night of Shrove Tuesday.
        A Siren
        Usage of pancake day in English
        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
        6
        Originally Pancake Day was a pagan festival.
        The South African
        7
        These should have been pancake days.
        Black Deutschland
        8
        Pancake Day is Shrove Tuesday.
        Current Superstitions / Collected from the Oral Tradition of Eng...
        9
        Sam Brownback in the International Pancake Day Hall of Fame before everyone went to First United Methodist Church for Shriving Service.
        Wired
        10
        You know that to-day is Pancake day, and because you think we haven't any butter and milk you don't dare speak.
        Nobody's Boy / Sans Famille
        11
        "These are pancake days." But they weren't, somehow.
        Black Deutschland
        12
        "These are pancake days," I said.
        Black Deutschland
        13
        " Pancake days is happifying days." There was a Colored Folks' Day or Negro Jubilee Day at the Chicago World's Fair in August 1893.
        Black Deutschland
        Translations for pancake day