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Mardi gras
(‖ mardi gra, ˌmɑːdɪ ˈgrɑː)
[Fr., lit. ‘fat Tuesday’.]
Shrove Tuesday; the last day of carnival, esp. in France. In U.S. esp. as celebrated in New Orleans. Also attrib.
1699M. Lister Journey to Paris (ed. 3) 177 My Lord Ambassador was at a Ball at Monsieur de Montargis mardy Gras. 1780T. Blaikie Diary Scotch Gardener (1931) 161 Went to Versailles..this being Mardi gras saw the people masked. 1832Boston Even. Transcript 13 June 1/3 Yesterday was ‘Mardi Gras’—the last day of the reign of Folly. 1848H. Greville Diary 8 Mar. (1883) I. 236 This motley crew..dressed more ludicrously than any masks on a Mardi-gras. 1883‘Mark Twain’ Life on Mississippi xlvi. 416 The largest annual event in New Orleans is..the Mardi-Gras festivities. 1900Ade Fables in Slang 148 His Father was too Serious a Man to get out in Mardi Gras Clothes. 1909‘O. Henry’ Options 184 The reception they were going to put up would make the Mardi Gras in New Orleans look like an afternoon tea in Bury St Edmunds with a curate's aunt. 1924Blackw. Mag. Nov. 709/2 There are those to whom Mardi-Gras is yet a religious festival. 1931Times Lit. Suppl. 9 Apr. 285/3 The Mardi Gras irresponsibility..excuses the daring prank of a naughty youth. 1931H. Crane Let. 12 Dec. (1965) 392 It isn't any sort of Mardi-Gras mood at all that the Indians express, despite the flamboyant colors of their costumes. 1941Sat. Even. Post 15 Mar. 14 Mardi Gras at Coney. 1972Guardian 29 Dec. 12/1 Russell Harty took an ‘Aquarius’ [TV] team to Mardi Gras, the great New Orleans Shrove Tuesday freak-out. |