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English
Etymology
Collops (“sliced bacon”) and eggs were traditionally eaten on this day.
Noun
Collop Monday (plural Collop Mondays)
- (England, northern and east Midlands, now chiefly historical) The day before Shrove Tuesday.
Translations
day before Shrove Tuesday
See also