neep lantern
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.42 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A lantern made from a hollowed-out turnip, traditionally used as decoration at Halloween.
Example Sentences
- "A third was a two-headed spectre, the upper one being a fiery head, that bore a suspicious resemblance to a neep lantern, and his body, or what should have been his body, was wrapped in a while sheet."
- "A neep lantern bobbing by the end of the palisade, near the Smith house, where a clutch of bairns stood in the footpath waiting for him."
- "He always finished first in the annual Hallowe'en neep lantern competition though it was meant to be done by the pupils themselves."
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Synonyms
tumshie lantern