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minute-jacks

minute-jacks is the plural of minute-jack.

Meaning of minute-jack

Noun

minute-jack (plural minute-jacks)

  1. A figure which strikes the hour on the bell of some fanciful clocks; Jack o' the clock.
  2. (obsolete) A timeserver; an inconstant person.
    • Cap-and-knee slaves, vapours, and minute-jacks!c. 1605–1608 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life of Tymon of Athens”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and...

Questions about minute-jacks

What is minute-jacks the plural of?
Minute-jacks is the plural of minute-jack.

Words near minute-jacks in the dictionary

  1. minute repeater
  2. minute repeaters
  3. minute steak
  4. minute steaks
  5. minute-jack
  6. minute-jacks
  7. minute-man
  8. minute-men
  9. minute-to-minute
  10. minuted
  11. minuteful

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