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shadowland

[ shad-oh-land ]

/ ˈʃæd oʊˌlænd /

noun

a land or region of shadows, phantoms, unrealities, or uncertainties: the shadowland of imagination.

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Origin of shadowland

First recorded in 1815–25; shadow + -land

Words nearby shadowland

shadow-box, shadowbox, shadowed, shadowgraph, shadowing, shadowland, shadowy, shadrach, shaduf, shadwell, shady

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Example sentences from the Web for shadowland

The passage last quoted from Shadowland continues: then began a strange sensation, which I had sometimes felt at seances.
The Drama of Love and Death|Edward Carpenter
It was a man, a thief, just like the man to-night, who had first brought her here into this shadowland of crime.
The White Moll|Frank L. Packard
And it was very wonderful to Christopher, also, to find himself in the sunshine at last after so many years of shadowland.
The Farringdons|Ellen Thorneycroft Fowler
She knew that she was just a woman, after all, and he was a man, and the Dukedom had gone into shadowland.
The Career of Katherine Bush|Elinor Glyn

The downright hard-nailed coffin fact was there; the wealthiest man in the country had flown away to Shadowland a common Mr.!
The Celt and Saxon, Complete|George Meredith

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