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smoke jacks

smoke jacks is the plural of smoke jack.

Meaning of smoke jack

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

Questions about smoke jacks

What is smoke jacks the plural of?
Smoke jacks is the plural of smoke jack.

Words near smoke jacks in the dictionary

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

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