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shadow-land
1. A place conceived as the abode of phantoms and ghosts, an imaginary land of spirits.
1821Lamb Elia Ser. i. Witches, A peep..into the shadow⁓land of pre-existence. 1862Lytton Str. Story II. 16 Trials and visitations from the shadowland of ghosts and sorcerers. 1877Outl. Hist. Relig. 181 [The soul] then sets off on its journey to the shadow-land. a1887Jefferies Field & Hedgerow (1889) 243, I shall start forth from my burial⁓mound upon the chase in the shadow-land just as now I start forth from my cave. 1908Contemp. Rev. Oct. 425 The country suddenly felt itself face to face with reality when it heard M. Clemenceau, and M. Jaurès faded away into shadowland.
2. A place in shadow; a gloomy, unhappy place; an indeterminate border-land between other places, states, etc.
1923Daily Mail 13 July 13 To lead Ireland out of the shadow-land of much unnecessary suffering and turmoil into a brighter and happier state. 1949Brooks & Warren Fundamentals of Good Writing vi. 241 If we understand the extremes..we can use common sense to discriminate among the examples of the shadowland in between. 1960Auden Homage to Clio 18 Within a shadowland of trees. 1966New Statesman 27 May 775/3 Malcolm X the Harlem hustler had gloried in the sexual power-game of the race war's shadowlands. |