dark lantern
a lantern having an opening with a shutter that can be slid across the opening to obscure the light.
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How to use dark lantern in a sentence
The reek of hot tin from the dark lantern grew worse momentarily.
The Gold Bat | P. G. WodehouseIt was a dark lantern, flashing light before it, itself all in shadow.
Ernest Linwood | Caroline Lee HentzHank had a dark lantern—all of Denny's belongings he'd left with us—and he flashed it on the chap by the car.
Motor Matt's Mystery | Stanley R. MatthewsPeering through the keyhole, he saw a man with a dark lantern putting the family plate into a bag.
My Life in Many States and in Foreign Lands | George Francis TrainThen the slide of a dark lantern was opened by some one, and in the big strong patch of light it threw we saw Shadow.
Shadow, the Mysterious Detective | Police Captain Howard
British Dictionary definitions for dark lantern
a lantern having a sliding shutter or panel to dim or hide the light
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