Minute-jack

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Minute-jack \Mi*nute"-jack`\, n.
     1. A figure which strikes the hour on the bell of some
        fanciful clocks; -- called also {jack of the clock house}.
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     2. A timeserver; an inconstant person. --Shak.


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