lightmans

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noun

The day.

Opposite
darkmans
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Meanings

nounlightmans (uncountable)
  1. UKobsoleteuncountablethieves' cantThe day.

    Mr. Kestrel's out to dinner with some of his pals, and he 'most never comes home till lightmans.

    2012, Kate Ross, A Broken Vessel
    2 more examples

    And then to the Trin'de on the chutes, in the lightmans / The Bube & Ruffian cly the Harman beck & harmans.

    1612, Thomas Dekker, Lanthorne and Candle-light

    Why, you would not be boosing till lightman's in a square crib like mine, as if you were in a flash panny?

    1828, Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton, Pelham, Or, Adventures of a Gentleman

    Antonyms: darkmans

Synonyms & antonyms

nounThe day.

Opposite
darkmans

Origin

From light + -mans.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

lightsman
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APA

lightmans. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lightmans

MLA

“lightmans.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lightmans. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “lightmans,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lightmans.

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