Minute-jack
Pronunciation : Mi*nute"-jack`
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : 1. A figure which strikes the hour on the bell of some fanciful clocks; -- called also jack of the clock house.
2. A timeserver; an inconstant person. Shak.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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