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Mardi Gras Definition


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Mardi Gras
noun
    1. Shrove Tuesdaya day celebrated with a festival in some places, especially famously in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
    2. The festival held on this day.
Etymology: 17c: French, literally ‘fat Tuesday'.



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