blind lantern

noun

A dark lantern.

First used 16th c.
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Meanings

nounblind lantern (plural blind lanterns)

plural blind lanterns

  1. A dark lantern.First known use 16th c.

    From the folds of his robe he brought out a blind lantern, a fat, stubby candle within set in a hard pine socket.

    1944, Gertrude Robinson, Fox Fire, page 33
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    Another feeble wail from the infant. "'Tis a baby, sartain ! I'll go and get a blind lantern!" exclaimed the woman.

    1859, E. D. E. N. Southworth, Lionne, page 358

    [S]he was moved to compassion and sprung out of the pot like the light of a candle comes out of a blind lantern [translating lanterna a bota].

    2007, Giambattista Basile, translated by Nancy L. Canepa, Tale of Tales, Penguin, page 29

Synonyms & antonyms

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dark lantern
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APA

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Chicago

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