Jack-a-lantern

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative spelling of jack-o'-lantern. alt-of, alternative

    "Unhappily, or happily, we are unprovided with a jack-a-lantern."

  2. 2
    a large poisonous agaric with orange caps and narrow clustered stalks; the gills are luminescent wordnet

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"Unhappily, or happily, we are unprovided with a jack-a-lantern."

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