Word: tac
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Half a million people. Fat Tuesday. Negroes leading mule-drawn floats. Descendants of Acadians munching tac-tac (pop corn), beignets (doughnuts). Prankish youths in cowboy costumes smacking maidens on their fulsome, laughing lips. Public feasts. Electric bulbs. Bacchanalia Motorcycle policemen. Passenger agents. Twelfth Night Revelers. Heebie-Jeebies. Comus, Momus, Mystics. Proteus. More floats. Bourbon Street bounders. Swirling crowds tumbling over one another like waves as they surge through the streets, seeking favors from the nobility aboard the floats. Torches. Band music. "No Parking Along Parade Route." Revelry. Bootleggers. Streaming champagne bottles. Girls. Fat Tuesday. The mystery of night...