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smokejack
smoke·jack
/
ˈsmoʊkˌdʒæk
/
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[
smohk
-jak
]
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noun
an apparatus for turning a roasting spit,
set
in motion by the
current
of ascending gases in a chimney.
Origin:
1665–75;
smoke
+
jack
1
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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
+
jack
1
]
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
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