cuckoo clock

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A clock from which a small bird figure emerges to announce the hour.

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  • My grandmother has a traditional cuckoo clock in her living room.
  • The cuckoo clock chimed loudly every hour, startling the cat.
  • We bought a beautifully carved cuckoo clock as a souvenir from our trip to the Black Forest.
  • At noon, the little bird popped out of the cuckoo clock twelve times.
  • I'm thinking of getting a modern cuckoo clock for my new apartment.
  • Can you please silence the cuckoo clock? Its constant chirping is driving me crazy.
  • He inherited the antique cuckoo clock from his great-uncle, and it still works perfectly.
  • The ornate, hand-painted cuckoo clock was the centerpiece of the collection.
  • The pendulum on the cuckoo clock stopped swinging, so we had to get it repaired.
  • The sound of a cuckoo clock always reminds me of my childhood holidays in Switzerland.