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smoke jack

smoke jack noun: a roasting jack powered by hot gas rising from a fire.

Noun

smoke jack (plural smoke jacks)

  1. A roasting jack powered by hot gas rising from a fire.
    • Minute recurrent sounds prevailed — the click of the smoke-jack, the flap of the flames, and the light touches of the women's slippers upon the floor.1871, Thomas Hardy, Desperate Remedies

Forms of smoke jack

pluralsmoke jacks

Questions about smoke jack

What does smoke jack mean?
Smoke jack means a roasting jack powered by hot gas rising from a fire.
What part of speech is smoke jack?
Smoke jack is a noun.
What is the plural of smoke jack?
The plural of smoke jack is smoke jacks.

Words near smoke jack in the dictionary

  1. smoke grenade
  2. smoke grenades
  3. smoke grinder
  4. smoke hood
  5. smoke hoods
  6. smoke jack
  7. smoke jacks
  8. smoke jumper
  9. smoke jumpers
  10. smoke like a chimney
  11. smoke like a furnace

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