| 单词 | paddy's lantern |
| 释义 | > as lemmasPaddy's lantern Paddy's lantern n. colloquial the moon. ΘΚΠ the world > the universe > planet > primary planet > moon > [noun] moonOE Diana1398 Hecatec1420 lady of the night1480 luna?1499 Lucina?1504 Phoebe1600 queen of the night?1610 mother of months1613 noctiluca1623 Cynthia1645 Oliver?1747 star-queen1818 Paddy's lantern1834 parish lantern1847 night-sun1855 1834 Johnstone's Edinb. Mag. Apr. 484/1 The hollows seem as dark as night: Tho' Paddy's lantern has been lit. 1933 P. A. Eaddy Hull Down v. 104 Work round the deck and up aloft is a hundred times easier when ‘Paddy's Lantern’ is hung out. 1969 L. Murray Coll. Poems (1991) 22 Long before dawn, I rose by Paddy's Lantern, lit up my own and walked through miles of dew with my striding shadow. < as lemmas |
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