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jack-o'-lantern definition

jack·-o'-lantern (jak′ə lant′ərn)

noun pl. jack-o'-lanterns -·terns

  1. a shifting, elusive light seen over marshes at night; will-o'-the-wisp
  2. a hollow pumpkin cut to look like a face and usually illuminated inside as by a candle, used as a decoration at Halloween

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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