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cuckoo clock |
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cuckoo clock n
(Miscellaneous Technologies / Horology) a clock in which a mechanical cuckoo pops out with a sound like a cuckoo's call when the clock strikes ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
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Usually, my falls destroy my dreams, the nervous shock being sufficient to bridge the thousand centuries in an instant and hurl me wide awake into my little bed, where, perchance, I lie sweating and trembling and hear the cuckoo clock calling the hour in the hall. "They hardly ever stand still," he said, but for one moment Wendy saw the romantic figure come to rest on the cuckoo clock. The cuckoo clock in the hall told midnight; everyone pressed to depart, for seldom was such a late hour of the night trespassed on by these quiet burghers. |
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