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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



... last moment one of the Princesses came running after the Goat-mother, to press a cuckoo clock upon her, as a parting ...
— Soap-Bubble Stories - For Children • Fanny Barry
... ran through every one. The children turned towards the darkening room. The gloomy cupboard was a blotch of shadow. The table frowned. The bookshelves listened. The white face of the cuckoo clock peered down upon them dimly from the opposite wall, and the chairs, it seemed, moved up a little closer. But through the windows the stars were beginning to peep, and they saw the crests of the friendly cedars ...
— The Extra Day • Algernon Blackwood


Words linked to "Cuckoo clock" :   clock


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