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jackaclock

jackaclock is the alternative form of Jack o' the clock.

Meaning of Jack o' the clock

Noun

Jack o' the clock (plural Jack o' the clocks or Jacks o' the clock)

  1. Any of the mechanical figures that emerge regularly to strike the bell of a clock.

Questions about jackaclock

What is jackaclock the alternative form of?
Jackaclock is the alternative form of Jack o' the clock.

Words near jackaclock in the dictionary

  1. jack-walk
  2. Jack-with-a-lantern
  3. jackable
  4. jackaburra
  5. jackaburras
  6. jackaclock
  7. Jackadgery
  8. jackal
  9. jackal buzzard
  10. jackal buzzards
  11. jackalberries

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Adapted from Wiktionary: jackaclock (page history and authors); Jack o' the clock (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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