lanthorn
Origin of lanthorn
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How to use lanthorn in a sentence
She drew down the dark slides of the lanthorn, and applied her eyes to the panes of glass over the door.
The World Before Them | Susanna MoodieShoo went to t' lanthorn, and browt out t' candle and gave it to me.
Yorkshire Oddities, Incidents and Strange Events | S. Baring-GouldThus I was well able to observe his blanched face and wide dilated eyes fixed with horror on the lanthorn flame.
Yorkshire Oddities, Incidents and Strange Events | S. Baring-GouldThe two lads stood with the lanthorn held up, staring at the heap, and then at the rusty hinged door, and lastly at one another.
Crown and Sceptre | George Manville FennScarlett held the lanthorn up again, and had one more good look round.
Crown and Sceptre | George Manville Fenn
British Dictionary definitions for lanthorn
/ (ˈlæntˌhɔːn, ˈlæntən) /
an archaic word for lantern
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