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  • "A clock-jack, sonny, is a contrivance for roasting meat."

    Christopher and the Clockmakers Sara Ware Bassett 1920

  • So he took the matter in hand and invented a clock-jack that was much better than the imported one.

    Christopher and the Clockmakers Sara Ware Bassett 1920

  • But before he focused his entire attention on clocks he invented a clock-jack, and in 1784 with the approval of John

    Christopher and the Clockmakers Sara Ware Bassett 1920

  • "And what, pray, is a clock-jack?" interrogated Christopher.

    Christopher and the Clockmakers Sara Ware Bassett 1920

  • A still further glorification was the addition of a revolving power which ran by clockwork and turned the roast with regularity; this was known as a clock-jack.

    Home Life in Colonial Days Alice Morse Earle 1881

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