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Minute-Jack
Webster's Dictionary
(1):
(n.) A timeserver; an inconstant person.
(2):
(n.) A figure which strikes the hour on the bell of some fanciful clocks; - called also jack of the clock house.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Minute-Jack'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/m/minute-jack.html. 1828.