clock jack


nounHorology.

Origin of clock jack

1
1925–30; earlier jack of the clock-(house), jackaclock;see jack1

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How to use clock jack in a sentence

  • So he took the matter in hand and invented a clock-jack that was much better than the imported one.

  • There was the clock jack, two splendid specimens of which are illustrated in Fig. 42, types becoming exceedingly rare.

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