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Street Slang
Boeuf Gras
· noun · nola
'The fatted bull' — Carnival symbol of the last meat before Lent.
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French for 'fat ox.' The Boeuf Gras float in the Rex parade carries a giant papier-mâché bull, a centuries-old Catholic Carnival symbol of the last meat eaten before Lent. Older than the parade itself — the tradition runs back to medieval France.
“The Boeuf Gras float rolls right behind the King's float in Rex.”
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Boeuf Gras In A Sentence
The Boeuf Gras float rolls right behind the King's float in Rex.
Origin & Usage
Medieval French Carnival tradition; in New Orleans, a Boeuf Gras float has been part of Rex since 1872, with the modern papier-mâché version restored in 1959.
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