Mardi Gras
[mahr-dee grah]
/ ˈmɑr di ˌgrɑ /
NOUN
carnival before lent
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Mardi-gras, Shrove-Tuesday, or flesh Tuesday, the last day of the Carnival, the day before Ash Wednesday, the first day in Lent.
From Voyages of Samuel De Champlain — Volume 03 by Otis, Charles P. (Charles Pomeroy)
