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lantern

/ˈlæ̝ntɚn/ adjective C2
  1. Of a facial feature, large and squarish in shape as an old-fashioned lantern.
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With lantern and with ladder he comes posting up the street.
A Child's Garden of Verses, p. 9 · C1
The thought gave me a kind o’ turn, and I walked back to the gate to see if I could see Murcher’s lantern, but there wasn’t no sign of him nor of anyone else.”
A Study in Scarlet, p. 42 · B2
Holmes shot the slide across the front of his lantern and left us in pitch darkness—such an absolute darkness as I have never before experienced.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, p. 28 · B2
Bring with you a jemmy, a dark lantern, a chisel, and a revolver.—S.H.
Sherlock Holmes: The Bruce-Partington Plans, p. 27 · B2

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