smoke jack

noun

A roasting jack powered by hot gas rising from a fire.

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Meanings

nounsmoke jack (plural smoke jacks)

plural smoke jacks

  1. A roasting jack powered by hot gas rising from a fire.

    Minute recurrent sounds prevailed — the click of the smoke-jack, the flap of the flames, and the light touches of the women's slippers upon the floor.

    1871, Thomas Hardy, Desperate Remedies
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APA

smoke jack. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/smoke%20jack

MLA

“smoke jack.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/smoke%20jack. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “smoke jack,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/smoke%20jack.

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