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Smokejack

[smohk-jak]

noun

an apparatus for turning a roasting spit, set in motion by the current of ascending gases in a chimney.

Origin:
1665–75; smoke + jack¹

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smokejack (ˈsməʊkˌdʒæk)

—n
	a device formerly used for turning a roasting spit, operated by the movement of ascending gases in a chimney

[C17: from smoke + jack¹]

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