Collop Monday

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English

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Etymology

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Collops (“sliced bacon”) and eggs were traditionally eaten on this day.

Noun

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Collop Monday (plural Collop Mondays)

  1. (England, northern and east Midlands, now chiefly historical) The day before Shrove Tuesday.

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