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Jack-in-the-box
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- 1 Children’s toy consisting of a small box from which a male figure pops out unexpectedly after some turnings of a crank.
""Did you venture to call me a liar?" ("No, sir, no!" shouted the accused, and disappeared like a Jack-in-the-box.)"
- 2 plaything consisting of a toy clown that jumps out of a box when the lid is opened wordnet
- 3 A small but powerful kind of screw, used by burglars to break open safes. historical
"It was possible, from underneath, to use the old jack-in-the-box safe-breaker's tool which lay in his gasman's bag."
- 4 A con-man who deceived tradesmen by substituting empty boxes for others full of money. obsolete
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