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Shrove Tuesday

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Shrove Tuesday
n.
The day before Ash Wednesday.
[Shrove(tide) + Tuesday.]
Shrove Tuesday
n
(Christianity / Ecclesiastical Terms) the last day of Shrovetide; Pancake Day
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Noun1.Shrove Tuesday - the last day before LentShrove Tuesday - the last day before Lent            
Mardi Gras, pancake day
Christian holy day - a religious holiday for Christians
Shrovetide - immediately preceding Lent
Translations
Shrove Tuesday [ˈʃrəʊvˈtjuːzdɪ] N → martes m inv de Carnaval(en que en Inglaterra se sirven hojuelas)
Shrove Tuesday
n → Fastnachtsdienstag m
Shrove Tuesday [ˌʃrəʊvˈtjuːzdɪ] n → martedì m inv grasso
Shrove Tuesday → ثلاثاء المرافع masopustní úterý Shrove Tuesdag Fastnachtsdienstag τελευταία μέρα της Αποκριάς martes de Carnaval laskiaistiistai mardi gras pokladni utorak martedì grasso 告解火曜日 오순절의 화요일 Vastenavond fetetirsdal ostatki terça-feira de carnaval вторник на Масленой неделе fettisdagen วันเทศกาลสารภาพบาป büyük perhizin arife günü ngày thứ Ba trước tuần chay 忏悔节
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CAPTION(S): OOPS NEARLY: Year 1 pupil Charlotte Eynon, right, carefully balances her pancake at Red House School's Shrove Tuesday event; DELIGHT: Reception pupil Louis Robinson, above, practices for the pancake race at Red House School in Norton
Pancake races are flippin' fun by Evening Gazette (Middlesbrough, England)
Around 30 mums and dads took part in a Shrove Tuesday pancake race at Netherton Infant and Nursery School yesterday.
IT'S PAN-TASTIC FUN! Pupils help judge pancake race by Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Huddersfield, England)
HUNDREDS of passionate sportsman enjoyed the rough and tumble of Shrove Tuesday yesterday as they took part in the 812th Atherstone ball game.
Game on for traditional sport by Birmingham Mail (England)
 
 
 
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