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jack-o'-lantern

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See also:jack-o-lantern,jack o'lantern,andJack O'Lantern

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WOTD – 31 October 2007
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Ajack-o'-lantern (sense 2)

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Etymology

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Originally, a nightwatchman who carried alantern. SeeJack. First attested as a term forignis fatuus in English folklore in the 1660s, mostly in East Anglia but also in southwestern England. The sense of a carved pumpkin (sense 2) is first attested in 1834.

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Noun

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jack-o'-lantern (pluraljack-o'-lanterns)

  1. (archaic) Awill o' the wisp.[from 1660s]
    Synonyms:ignis fatuus,(West Country)hinkypunk,(West Country)Joan the wad,(Hertfordshire, East Anglia)hobby lantern,(Lancashire)peg-a-lantern,(Shropshire)Will the Smith,(Worcestershire)Pinket,(Norfolk)Will o' the Wikes,(archaic)Jack-with-a-lantern
    • 1871,James Russell Lowell, “My Study Windows”, inMy Garden Acquaintance:
      [Newspaper speculations] supplying so many morejack-o'-lanterns to the future historian
  3. Acarvedpumpkin whose top and stem have been cut out and interior removed, leaving a hollowshell that is thendecorated to represent a face, illuminated from within by acandle. It is a symbol ofHalloween.[from 1830s]
    • 2001,Joyce Carol Oates,Middle Age: A Romance, paperback edition, page218:
      He had a jocosejack-o'-lantern grin, big crooked nicotine-stained teeth, and a full droopy dark moustache and wiry whiskers hiding a weak chin. (attributive use)
    1. A similar item made from aturnip

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Translations

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carved pumpkin
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