minute-jack

noun

Definitions

  1. A figure which strikes the hour on the bell of some fanciful clocks

    A figure which strikes the hour on the bell of some fanciful clocks; Jack o' the clock.

  2. A timeserver

    A timeserver; an inconstant person.

    • Cap-and-knee slaves, vapours, and minute-jacks!

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