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Lutzer

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Pennsylvania German

Noun

Lutzer f (plural Lutzre)

  1. lantern
    • 1938, poem published in the journal of the Pennsylvania German Folklore Society, page 26:
      Der Feiervoggel baut ken Nescht,
      Er singt net in de Baem;
      Er hot en Lutzer hinne fescht.
      The firefly doesn't build a nest,
      He doesn't sing in the trees;
      He has a lantern affixed behind [him].

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References

  • Albert F. Buffington, A Pennsylvania German grammar (1954)
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