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shroud
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Shrove Tuesday
Shrove Tues·day [ shrv tz dày, shrv tzdee ]


noun 
Definition:
 
day before Ash Wednesday: in the Christian calendar, the last day before the beginning of Lent
[< past tense of shrive; from the practice of going to confession at the beginning of Lent]
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