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Noun
minute-jack (plural minute-jacks)
- A figure which strikes the hour on the bell of some fanciful clocks; Jack o' the clock.
- (obsolete) A timeserver; an inconstant person.
c. 1605–1608, William Shakespeare, “The Life of Tymon of Athens”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, :Cap-and-knee slaves, vapours, and minute-jacks!