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dark lantern

noun

  1. a lantern having an opening with a shutter that can be slid across the opening to obscure the light.


dark lantern

noun

  1. a lantern having a sliding shutter or panel to dim or hide the light
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of dark lantern1

First recorded in 1640–50
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Example Sentences

The reek of hot tin from the dark lantern grew worse momentarily.

It was a dark lantern, flashing light before it, itself all in shadow.

Hank had a dark lantern—all of Denny's belongings he'd left with us—and he flashed it on the chap by the car.

Peering through the keyhole, he saw a man with a dark lantern putting the family plate into a bag.

Then the slide of a dark lantern was opened by some one, and in the big strong patch of light it threw we saw Shadow.

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