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dark lanterns

dark lanterns is the plural of dark lantern.

Meaning of dark lantern

Noun

dark lantern (plural dark lanterns)

  1. (historical) A lantern with a panel that slides to block the light.
    • “Yes,” continued the valet, “and sigh his soul to the last puff unobserved, liked the dying flame in a dark lanthorn.”1789, John Moore, Zeluco, Valancourt, published 2008, page 37
    Synonyms:
    blind lantern

Questions about dark lanterns

What is dark lanterns the plural of?
Dark lanterns is the plural of dark lantern.

Words near dark lanterns in the dictionary

  1. dark kitchen
  2. dark kitchens
  3. Dark Knight
  4. dark l
  5. dark lantern
  6. dark lanterns
  7. dark lanthorn
  8. dark lanthorns
  9. Dark Learning
  10. dark life
  11. dark light

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