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parish lantern

parish lantern noun: the moon.

Noun

parish lantern (plural parish lanterns)

  1. (archaic, slang) The moon.

Forms of parish lantern

pluralparish lanterns

Questions about parish lantern

What does parish lantern mean?
Parish lantern means the moon.
What part of speech is parish lantern?
Parish lantern is a noun.
What is the plural of parish lantern?
The plural of parish lantern is parish lanterns.

Words near parish lantern in the dictionary

  1. parish clerks
  2. parish council
  3. Parish Grove
  4. parish house
  5. parish houses
  6. parish lantern
  7. parish lanterns
  8. parish priest
  9. parish prig
  10. parish prigs
  11. parish pump politics

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