Shrove Tuesday

[ shrohv-tooz-dey, -dee, tyooz- ]

noun
  1. the last day of Shrovetide, once observed as a time of confession and absolution, later as a season of merrymaking before Lent.: See also Fat Tuesday, Mardi Gras (def. 1).

Origin of Shrove Tuesday

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First recorded in 1490–1500

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How to use Shrove Tuesday in a sentence

  • It was on Shrove-Tuesday, after dark, that their attention was roused by a strange, crackling noise.

  • Our custom of eating pancakes on Shrove-Tuesday, was probably borrowed from the Greek church.

  • Which, accordingly providing, prepared his company for that journey, entering it upon Shrove-Tuesday (3rd February).

    Sir Francis Drake Revived | Philip Nichols
  • Shrove-Tuesday, all cased in in hams, was astride of a roe whose many-branched antlers were loaded with partridges.

    The Iron Pincers | Eugne Sue
  • Shrove-Tuesday he fears as much as the bauds, and Lent is more damage to him than the butcher.

    Microcosmography | John Earle

British Dictionary definitions for Shrove Tuesday

Shrove Tuesday

noun
  1. the last day of Shrovetide; Pancake Day

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