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Mardi Gras
/ˈmɑɹdi ɡɹɑ/
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What does Mardi Gras mean?
proper noun
- Alternative letter-case form of Mardi Gras.
- The day when traditionally all fat and meat in the house were finished up, before Christians were banned from eating them during Lent, which commenced the following day on Ash Wednesday.
- The last day of a carnival, traditionally the celebration immediately before the start of Lent when joy would be out of place for Christians.
More meanings (1)
proper noun
- A carnival.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈmɑɹdi ɡɹɑ/
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This standardizing of pleasure has always seemed an obligation to the residents of Hull-House, but we are, I hope, saved from that priggishness which young people so heartily resent, by the Mardi Gras dance and other festivities which the residents themselves arrange and successfully carry out.