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Jack-o'-lantern

noun

A pale light sometimes seen at night over marshy ground. Synonyms: friar's lantern, ignis fatuus, will-o'-the-wisp.

Lantern carved from a pumpkin.

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"Jack-o'-lantern" Quotes from Famous Books

... stunt, Nora," observed David. "Let's have something more improved and up-to-date. Suppose, for instance, we use Marian's Jack-o'-lantern for the head. I'll put some little electric bulbs in the eye holes and attach them to a battery so that we can turn her eyes off and on. And we'll ride her on a broomstick ...

— Grace Harlowe's Plebe Year at High School - The Merry Doings of the Oakdale Freshmen Girls • Jessie Graham Flower

Words linked to "Jack-o'-lantern" : will-o'-the-wisp, visible radiation, visible light, ignis fatuus, lantern, light