dark lantern

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dark lantern (plural dark lanterns)

  1. (now chiefly historical) A lantern with a panel that slides to block the light.
    • 1789, John Moore, Zeluco, Valancourt, published 2008, page 37:
      “Yes,” continued the valet, “and sigh his soul to the last puff unobserved, liked the dying flame in a dark lanthorn.”
    • 1879, W S Gilbert, Arthur Sullivan, composer, “With cat-like tread”, in The Pirates of Penzance  , Philadelphia: J.M. Stoddart & Co., published 1880, →OCLC, page 35:
      Your silent matches, / Your dark-lantern seize; / Take your file and your skeleton keys!
    • 1891 , London: , page 201, column 2:
      In the meantime, Mr. Merryweather, we must put the screen over that dark lantern.
    • 1983, Lawrence Durrell, Sebastian (Avignon Quintet), Faber & Faber, published 2004, page 1022:
      The old monk who was the night-janitor of the monastery now appeared bearing in his hand a dark-lantern and a wattle basket with some fruit and a bowl of rice.

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