1. Fat Tuesday - Noun
2. Fat Tuesday - Proper noun
a carnival held in some countries on Shrove Tuesday (the last day before Lent) but especially in New Orleans
the last day before Lent
Source: WordNetAs a rule, I try to avoid the French Quarter because of the crowds, especially Bourbon Street. But hey, some people love it. A great, wild, adult thing to see is the costume competition in front of the bar Oz on Bourbon early morning on Fat Tuesday. Bryan Batt
As of Fat Tuesday, Po’ Melvin’s will also start serving boiled crawfish, which they will do through May. Source: Internet
Its highest-profile gig is the Mayor's Ball, but the rest of us plebeians can get down with the band at the Bootleg on Saturday night and at the Broadway Oyster Bar on Fat Tuesday. Source: Internet
While Fort Jackson may be more than 600 miles away from New Orleans, it didn’t stop some from celebrating the season of Carnival and Fat Tuesday. Source: Internet
NEW ORLEANS — On Fat Tuesday, 51-year-old Cornell Charles was taking part in a storied New Orleans Mardi Gras tradition central to the city’s African American community — driving a car in the Zulu Social Aid and Pleasure Club’s parade. Source: Internet
So now every Martedì Grasso, Fat Tuesday, the legend tells us that the two competing factions in Bibbiena gather to vindicate a Ms. Mea - who was caught between two loves - with songs and dancing in Medieval costumes. Source: Internet