cuckoo clock
noun
: a wall or shelf clock that announces the hours by sounds resembling a cuckoo's call
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During Milan Design Week last April, the brand unveiled the Ephemeral Store on Via Montenapoleone, with cuckoo clocks in the window at the entrance and the womenswear collection displayed in a room that is a replica of the Hall of Mirrors in the royal Palace of Versailles.
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Luisa Zargani, Footwear News, 16 Feb. 2026
Other decorations included a popcorn bucket, a hamburger, a hot dog cart, a cuckoo clock and a rocking horse.
—Marina Watts, PEOPLE, 30 Dec. 2025
While some installments tackled the basics like cooking supplies, automobiles, and food, others threw curveballs such as dissecting the inner workings of 3-D commercial signs, false teeth, cuckoo clocks, and more.
—Ilana Gordon, Entertainment Weekly, 30 Dec. 2025
That includes a large antique cuckoo clock, chandeliers, decorative shields, and a mural depicting a city in Germany.
—Tom Daykin, jsonline.com, 16 Sep. 2025
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Luisa Zargani, Footwear News, 16 Feb. 2026
Other decorations included a popcorn bucket, a hamburger, a hot dog cart, a cuckoo clock and a rocking horse.
—Marina Watts, PEOPLE, 30 Dec. 2025
While some installments tackled the basics like cooking supplies, automobiles, and food, others threw curveballs such as dissecting the inner workings of 3-D commercial signs, false teeth, cuckoo clocks, and more.
—Ilana Gordon, Entertainment Weekly, 30 Dec. 2025
That includes a large antique cuckoo clock, chandeliers, decorative shields, and a mural depicting a city in Germany.
—Tom Daykin, jsonline.com, 16 Sep. 2025
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“Cuckoo clock.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cuckoo%20clock. Accessed 19 Feb. 2026.
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