noun
Street Slang
Lundi Gras
· noun · nola
'Fat Monday' — the day before Mardi Gras.
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French for 'Fat Monday,' the day before Fat Tuesday. In New Orleans it's its own thing — Rex arrives by boat at the Mississippi riverfront, meets the mayor, there's a free concert and fireworks at Spanish Plaza. The pre-game before the main event.
“We're hitting the Lundi Gras festival at the river then crashing early — gotta be on St. Charles by sunrise.”
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Lundi Gras In A Sentence
We're hitting the Lundi Gras festival at the river then crashing early — gotta be on St. Charles by sunrise.
Origin & Usage
Old French Carnival tradition revived in New Orleans in 1987 when the Krewe of Rex restored the river arrival of the King of Carnival.
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