"idiot's lantern" meaning in All languages combined

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "idiot's lanterns",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "idiot's lantern (plural idiot's lanterns)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "British English",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2007, Mark Paxton, The Essential Buyer's Guide: Citroën 2CV, Veloce Publishing, page 51",
          "text": "The idea of restoring a car is very tempting on many levels, whether it is the sense of achievement in having saved a 2CV from the scrap man, the acquiring and exercising of new skills, better use of your time than hours glued to the idiot's lantern or last but not least, the chance to save some hard earned money.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A television set."
      ],
      "id": "en-idiot's_lantern-en-noun-EGs3FwAY",
      "links": [
        [
          "television set",
          "television set"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(UK) A television set."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "sense": "television set",
          "word": "boob tube"
        },
        {
          "sense": "television set",
          "word": "goggle box"
        },
        {
          "sense": "television set",
          "word": "idiot box"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "idiot's lantern"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "idiot's lanterns",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "idiot's lantern (plural idiot's lanterns)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "British English",
        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English nouns",
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2007, Mark Paxton, The Essential Buyer's Guide: Citroën 2CV, Veloce Publishing, page 51",
          "text": "The idea of restoring a car is very tempting on many levels, whether it is the sense of achievement in having saved a 2CV from the scrap man, the acquiring and exercising of new skills, better use of your time than hours glued to the idiot's lantern or last but not least, the chance to save some hard earned money.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A television set."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "television set",
          "television set"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(UK) A television set."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "television set",
      "word": "boob tube"
    },
    {
      "sense": "television set",
      "word": "goggle box"
    },
    {
      "sense": "television set",
      "word": "idiot box"
    }
  ],
  "word": "idiot's lantern"
}