Definition of "lampions" [lampions]

• Plural form of lampion. (noun)

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• "At the French Chancellerie they had six more lampions in their illumination than ours had; but our transparency, which represented the young Couple advancing and Discord flying away, with the most ludicrous likeness to the French Ambassador, beat the French picture hollow; and I have no doubt got Tapeworm the advancement and the Cross of the Bath which he subsequently attained."
• "A magical and unique spectacle it certainly is, with the well-known change from the paper lanterns to the flaring lampions."
• "While speaking, I fancied I could hear that cadenced yell of the public to which the famous song, "Des lampions, des lampions," was set."