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jack o'lantern

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Jack o''lantern 
1663, a local name for a Will-o-the-wisp (L. ignis fatuus), mainly attested in East Anglia but also in southwestern England. The extension to carved pumpkins is 1837, Amer.Eng.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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