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.