dark-lanthorn

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dark-lanthorn (plural dark-lanthorns)

  1. Obsolete spelling of dark lantern
    • 1859, Samuel Butler, “Canto 1, Line 605”, in Henry George Bohn, editor, Hudibras, page 24:
      'Tis a dark-lanthorn of the spirit