- the day before Lent, celebrated in some cities, such as New Orleans and Paris, as a day of revelry and merrymaking.
- a pre-Lenten carnival period climaxing on the Tuesday before Ash Wednesday.
- the festival of Shrove Tuesday, celebrated in some cities with great revelry
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