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smokejack

smokejack is the alternative form 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

Forms of smokejack

pluralsmokejacks

Questions about smokejack

What is smokejack the alternative form of?
Smokejack is the alternative form of smoke jack.

Words near smokejack in the dictionary

  1. smokehood
  2. smokehoods
  3. smokehos
  4. smokehouse
  5. smokehouses
  6. smokejack
  7. smokejacks
  8. smokejumper
  9. smokejumpers
  10. smokejumping
  11. smokeless

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