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Lutzer
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Pennsylvania German
Noun
pdc noun f plural Lutzre
lantern
1938, poem published in the journal of the Pennsylvania German Folklore Society, page 26:
pdc 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].
Synonyms
pdc Ladann
References
Albert F. Buffington, A Pennsylvania German grammar (1954)