Collop Monday

English

Etymology

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

Noun

Collop Monday (plural Collop Mondays)

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

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