Chinese lantern


noun
  1. a collapsible lantern of thin, colored paper, often used for decorative lighting.

Origin of Chinese lantern

1
First recorded in 1815–25

Words Nearby Chinese lantern

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How to use Chinese lantern in a sentence

  • I am stopping there too, and them Chinese lantern Dinners which they are putting up!

    Elkan Lubliner, American | Montague Glass

British Dictionary definitions for Chinese lantern

Chinese lantern

noun
  1. a collapsible lantern made of thin coloured paper

  2. an Asian solanaceous plant, Physalis franchetii, cultivated for its attractive orange-red inflated calyx: See also winter cherry

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