cuckoo clock
11Cuckoo clock in culture — Karl Lagerfeld holding a creation by Stefan Strumbel. The cuckoo clock, more than any other kind of timepiece, has often featured in literature, music, cinema, television, etc., in the Western culture, as a metaphor or allegory of innocence,… …
12cuckoo clock — noun A clock that announces the time by a cuckoo sound, often equipped with a mechanical cuckoo …
13cuckoo clock — noun a clock with a mechanical cuckoo that pops out on the hour making a sound like a cuckoo s call …
14cuckoo clock — cuck′oo clock n. hor fur a clock that announces the hours by a sound like the call of the cuckoo, usu. accompanied by the appearance of an imitation bird through a little door • Etymology: 1775–85 …
15cuckoo clock — noun Date: 1789 a wall or shelf clock that announces the hours by sounds resembling a cuckoo s call …
16cuckoo clock — a wall or shelf clock, often carved and decorated, that announces the hours by a sound like the call of the cuckoo, usually accompanied by the appearance of an imitation bird through a little door. [1775 85] * * * …
17cuckoo clock — hanging clock which contains a replica of the cuckoo bird which cuckoos on the hour and/or on the half hour …
18cuckoo clock — noun (C) a clock with a wooden bird inside that comes out every hour and makes the sound of a cuckoo to show what time it is …
19cuckoo clock — /ˈkʊku klɒk/ (say kookooh klok) noun a clock which announces the hours by a sound like the call of the European cuckoo …
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