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Shrove Tuesday

British pronunciation/ʃɹˈəʊv tjˈuːzdeɪ/
American pronunciation/ʃɹˈoʊv tˈuːzdeɪ/
Shrove Tuesday
[NOUN]
1

the last day before Lent

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1Shrove Tuesday a day to be shriven, or absolved.
2Shrove Tuesday in February was often a popular date.
3The next tradition which is very popular in this house is Shrove Tuesday.
4I told you we get back to this Shrove Tuesday, or Fat Tuesday or Mardi Gras was the last day a Medieval Englishman, or English woman could gorge themselves into oblivion before the 40 days of fasting called Lent, and what better way to gorge yourself than with a pancake breakfast.
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