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Cuckoo clock   /kˈəkˌu klɑk/   Listen
Cuckoo clock

noun
1.
Clock that announces the hours with a sound like the call of the cuckoo.





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"Cuckoo clock" Quotes from Famous Books



... Omission Choice Natural Fireworks Conspiracy Cuckoo Clock The Sentinel Royalty Crackers ...
— Songs for Parents • John Farrar
... West I remember she had a very pretty mezzo-concertina voice, but she's been so long away helping Stub Wilson to make Milwaukee famous that nowadays her top notes sound like a cuckoo clock after it's been ...
— You Should Worry Says John Henry • George V. Hobart
... the comforting solidity of the Sun, the clock-work of the familiar planets and the Moon rang in on him. Our own solar system was as charming and as simple as an ancient cuckoo clock filled with familiar ticking and with reassuring noises. The odd little moons of Mars swung around their planet like frantic mice, yet their regularity was itself an assurance that all was well. Far above the plane of the ecliptic, he could feel half a ton of dust ...
— The Game of Rat and Dragon • Cordwainer Smith


Words linked to "Cuckoo clock" :   clock


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