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like Blackpool Illuminations

like Blackpool Illuminations prepositional phrase: very brightly lit.

Prepositional phrase

  1. (UK, informal, simile) Very brightly lit.
    • Turn all those lights off. It's like Blackpool Illuminations in here!

Origin of like Blackpool Illuminations

In reference to Blackpool Illuminations, an annual festival of light founded in 1879.

Questions about like Blackpool Illuminations

What does like Blackpool Illuminations mean?
Like Blackpool Illuminations means very brightly lit.
What part of speech is like Blackpool Illuminations?
Like Blackpool Illuminations is a prepositional phrase.

Words near like Blackpool Illuminations in the dictionary

  1. like as
  2. like as and
  3. like as if
  4. like as two peas
  5. like atomic clockwork
  6. like Blackpool Illuminations
  7. like breaking sticks
  8. like buggery
  9. like butter on a bald monkey
  10. like candy
  11. like cats and dogs

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