Definitions
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- noun doughnut traditionally eaten on Shrove Tuesday
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Examples
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Henry Wasserman diffidently intimated that there was a curious but satisfactory element of safety in being last -- a "fastnacht" in their language, in fact.
The Wit and Humor of America, Volume II. (of X.) Various 1887
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Since these regulations affected mainly the clergy, we find the name carnis privium sacerdotum and in Germany herren fastnacht.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss 1840-1916 1913
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Everybody else gits there first, and it's nossing for the fastnacht but weeping and wailing and gnashing of the teeth.
The Wit and Humor of America, Volume II. (of X.) Various 1887
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Billy Joel song, never eaten a Yocco's hotdog and have no idea what a fastnacht is.
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