Henry Wasserman diffidently intimated that there was a curious but satisfactory element of safety in being last -- a "fastnacht" in their language, in fact.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Wit and Humor of America, Volume II. (of X.)] Reference

Billy Joel song, never eaten a Yocco's hotdog and have no idea what a fastnacht is.    From Wordnik.com.  [Columnist: Keith Groller] Reference

Everybody else gits there first, and it's nossing for the fastnacht but weeping and wailing and gnashing of the teeth.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Wit and Humor of America, Volume II. (of X.)] Reference

Since these regulations affected mainly the clergy, we find the name carnis privium sacerdotum and in Germany herren fastnacht.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss] Reference

The name (fastnacht, Fastelabend, u.s.w.) and regional variations noted here: www. c6t.de/termin/f/fastnacht/24. 02.2009-deutschland.php.    From Wordnik.com.  [February 25th, 2009] Reference