storm lantern

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storm lantern (plural storm lanterns)

  1. Synonym of hurricane lamp
    • 1953, Samuel Beckett, Watt, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Grove Press, published 1959, →OCLC:
      Mr. Case carried a storm-lantern in his hand. From it issued a yellow beam, of extraordinary debility.