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JACK O' THE CLOCK

Specialty Definition: JACK O' THE CLOCK

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Jack o' the Clock The figure which comes out to strike the hours on the bell of a clock. A contraction of Jaquemart (q.v.).
"King Richard. Well, but what's o'clock?
Buckingham. Upon the stroke of ten.
K. R. Well, let it strike.
R. Why let it strike?
K. R. Because that, like a jack, thou keep's the
Stroke
Betwixt thy begging and my mediation."
Shakespeare: Richard III., iv. 2. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Anagrams: JACK O' THE CLOCK

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "'-a-c-c-c-e-h-j-k-k-l-o-o-t"

-5 letters: chocolate.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: JACK O' THE CLOCK


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

4A 41 43 4B      4F 27      54 48 45      43 4C 4F 43 4B

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

            

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001010 01000001 01000011 01001011 00100000 01001111 00100111 00100000 01010100 01001000 01000101 00100000 01000011 01001100 01001111 01000011 01001011

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#74 &#65 &#67 &#75 &#32 &#79 &#39 &#32 &#84 &#72 &#69 &#32 &#67 &#76 &#79 &#67 &#75

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

004A 0041 0043 004B      004F 0027      0054 0048 0045      0043 004C 004F 0043 004B

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

443537452499254423923746493745

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