Definition of Fat Tuesday

1. Noun. A carnival held in some countries on Shrove Tuesday (the last day before Lent) but especially in New Orleans.

Exact synonyms: Mardi Gras
Generic synonyms: Carnival
Group relationships: New Orleans

Definition of Fat Tuesday

1. Proper noun. (Christianity) The Tuesday before the onset of Lent. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Fat Tuesday

Farsala
Farsi
Faruk I
Farvardin
Fas-activated serine-threonine kinase
Fas antigen
Fasciola gigantica
Fascioloides magna
Fasciolopsis
Fasciolopsis buski
Fasciolopsis rathouisi
Fascism
Fast of Ab
Fast of Av
Fat Man
Fat Tuesday (current term)
Fata Morgana
Fata Morganas
Fatah
Fatah-RC
Fatah Revolutionary Council
Fatah Tanzim
Fate
Fates
Father's Day
Father-God
Father Brown
Father Christmas
Father Frost

Literary usage of Fat Tuesday

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Our Young Folks by John Townsend Trowbridge, Lucy Larcom, Gail Hamilton (1871)
"Mardi Gras " (Fat Tuesday) is the French term for Shrove-Tuesday, or Shrove-Tide, the day before the first day of Lent. The day seems originally to have ..."

2. Building Fluency by Evan-Moor Educational Publishers, Compilation, Gerald Tindal, Melanie Coon, Joy Evans, Marilyn Evans (2006)
"Name Fat Tuesday Fat Tuesday has dawned in ... Fat Tuesday brings joy to the town of Basile. How I wish I could be there, don't you? ..."

3. Miami & the Florida Keys Alive! by Lisa Simundson (2001)
"Fat Tuesday 918 Ocean Drive •a 305-534-1328 www.fat-tuesday.com Outrageous frozen drinks include the Banana Banshee, Hurricane and Mudslide. ..."

4. Read & Understand Celebrating Diversity Grades 3-4 by Martha Cheney (2000)
"Fat Tuesday Fat Tuesday has dawned in the town of Basile And what an excitement it brings! The riders are coming. They're dressed up as clowns Or fabulous ..."

5. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1890)
"'fat Tuesday': so called from the French practice of parading a fat ox (bœuf gras) during the celebration of the ..."

6. Encyclopaedia Americana: A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature by Francis Lieber, Thomas Gamaliel Bradford (1832)
"(fat Tuesday). SIAM; a country in the peninsula of Farther India, or Chin-India, which is but imperfectly known to us. The Siamese empire is composed of ..."

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