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neep lanterns

neep lanterns is the plural of neep lantern.

Meaning of neep lantern

Noun

neep lantern (plural neep lanterns)

  1. (Scotland) A lantern made from a hollowed-out turnip, traditionally used as decoration at Halloween.
    • A third was a two-headed spectre, the upper one being a fiery head, that bore a suspicious resemblance to a neep lantern, and his body, or what should have been his body, was wrapped in a while sheet.1873, Thomas Watson, Homely Pearls at Random Strung, page 270
    Synonyms:
    tumshie lantern

Questions about neep lanterns

What is neep lanterns the plural of?
Neep lanterns is the plural of neep lantern.

Words near neep lanterns in the dictionary

  1. neenish tart
  2. neenish tarts
  3. neeny
  4. neep
  5. neep lantern
  6. neep lanterns
  7. Neepawa
  8. neepery
  9. neeps
  10. Neepsend
  11. neer

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