"Taco Tuesday" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: Taco Tuesdays [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|head=Taco Tuesday}} Taco Tuesday (plural Taco Tuesdays)
  1. (US) A custom of going out to eat tacos or other Mexican food on Tuesday nights. Tags: US Related terms: Hock Tuesday
    Sense id: en-Taco_Tuesday-en-noun-ROyv9pPc Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1973 August 20, Rapid City Journal, number 29107 (advertisement), Rapid City, S.D.: Rapid City Journal Co., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 9:",
          "text": "TACO TUESDAY / Stop in on Taco Tuesday (tomorrow) / You'll get 3 Tacos for $1 plus a FREE COKE",
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          "ref": "1997, Your Child's World: The Specific Approach to Daily Problems, Lake Bluff, I.L.: The United Educators, Inc., →ISBN, page 177:",
          "text": "On a family activity level, endearingly familiar regular activities or rituals, such as the popcorn always made by Dad on Sunday evenings, the dog's exasperating persistence in waking everyone up early on Saturdays by licking their face. Taco Tuesday or Spaghetti Wednesday, build vital memories of family living and set off our family from others, making our parents and brothers and sisters especially beloved.",
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          "text": "\"Do you think I could be a field agent?\" Henry asked. \"You know, go hunt down clues, like you?\" / \"Sure,\" I said, wondering where this came from. \"Don't you like being the tech guy?\" / \"Of course I do.\" Henry was quiet for a moment. \"But tech guys don't get invited for Taco Tuesdays with the president and her daughter.\"",
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          "ref": "2020 July 9, Tom Dart, “'I was lucky to make it out the orphanage': Oksana Masters' extraordinary journey”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-04-10:",
          "text": "The home gym is built out, Netflix and Hulu have been trawled to their depths, and Paralympic champion Oksana Masters is nostalgic for Taco Tuesdays at restaurants near her seasonal base in Illinois. Most of all, she is missing the rush of competition, the buzz at the core of her identity since she first sat in a rowing boat as a teenager.",
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          "ref": "2021 August 22, Kim Severson, “What to Cook This Week”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2022-01-05:",
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