Fastgang

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A fasting. obsolete, uncountable
  2. 2
    Shrove Tuesday. obsolete, uncountable

Etymology

From Middle English fast-gonge, equivalent to fast (“a period of fasting”) + gang (“a going, course”).

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