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smoke·jack (-jak′)

noun

a device which turns a fireplace roasting spit, taking its power from a wheel rotated by the heated air rising in the chimney

Etymology: smoke + jack

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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