The child who delights in her jack-in-the-box may have been terrified the first time the puppet-on-a-spring popped out.
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Jack-in-the-box
Synonyms for "jack-in-the-box" (28 found)
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16 translations across 12 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- عِفْرِيتُ الْعُلْبَةِ noun (child’s toy)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 惊吓盒 noun (child’s toy)
- 玩偶匣 noun (child’s toy)
Danish
1 entries- trold i æske noun (child’s toy)
Finnish
1 entries- vieteriukko noun (child’s toy)
French
1 entries- diable en boîte noun (child’s toy)
Georgian
1 entries- ყუთი გამომხტომი ფიგურით noun (child’s toy)
German
2 entries- Schachtelteufel noun (child’s toy)
- Springteufel noun (child’s toy)
Japanese
1 entries- びっくり箱 noun (child’s toy)
Russian
2 entries- чёрт из табаке́рки noun (child’s toy)
- чёртик из коро́бочки noun (child’s toy)
Spanish
2 entries- caja de sorpresa noun (child’s toy)
- caja sorpresa de jack noun (child’s toy)
Swedish
1 entries- gubben i lådan noun (child’s toy)
Welsh
1 entries- jac-yn-y-bocs noun (child’s toy)
Sample sentences
5 total sentences available.
"Did you venture to call me a liar?" ("No, sir, no!" shouted the accused, and disappeared like a Jack-in-the-box.)
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“There’s this terrible business to start with. Scotland Yard men in and out of the house like a jack-in-the-box! Never know where they won’t turn up next.”
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Normally, you ring a bell and you have at least a half-minute wait before the door opens. But this person was like a jack-in-the-box. He pressed the bell—and out she popped! It made him jump.
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