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Meaning of minute-jack | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

  1. A figure which strikes the hour on the bell of some fanciful clocks; Jack o' the clock.
  2. A timeserver; an inconstant person.
    obsolete

Examples

“Cap-and-knee slaves, vapours, and minute-jacks!”

CEFR level

C1
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See also

Minuted minuteful Minutely Minuteman Minutemen minuten pin

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