Pancake Day
(chiefly, British, and, Irish) Shrove Tuesday, when pancakes are traditionally made; in some traditions the day for pancake races for charity.
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TODAY IS NATIONAL CREPE SUZETTE DAY! I almost missed National Pancake Day on March 3rd. I almost missed celebrating today's. These holidays really crepe up on me.
I can't believe we missed pancake day this year
I can't believe how quickly pancake day came around. It really creped up on me.
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(chiefly, British, and, Irish) Shrove Tuesday, when pancakes are traditionally made; in some traditions the day for pancake races for charity.
“TODAY IS NATIONAL CREPE SUZETTE DAY! I almost missed National Pancake Day on March 3rd. I almost missed celebrating today's. These holidays really crepe up on me.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“I can't believe we missed pancake day this year”
— Bluesky· May 2026“I can't believe how quickly pancake day came around. It really creped up on me.”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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The Irish, Canadian, and Australian name for Shrove Tuesday — the day before Ash Wednesday when people traditionally make and eat pancakes before the Lenten fast begins. The logic is simple: use up all the rich ingredients (eggs, butter, milk) before giving them up for Lent. In Ireland especially, Pancake Tuesday is a big deal, with schools making pancakes, families having pancake races, and everyone debating whether their pancake flipping technique is truly the best. A cheerful, food-centric holiday.
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(Ireland, Canada, Australia) Shrove Tuesday.
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An Irish dialectal term for Shrovetide — the period of feasting and celebration immediately before Lent, including Shrove Tuesday (pancake day). In Irish rural tradition, Shrovetide was a peak time for weddings and merrymaking before the austerity of Lent began.
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(UK, dialect, obsolete, Cheshire, Lincolnshire) Shrove Tuesday.
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(US) A pancake.