Definition of cuckoo clock
: a wall or shelf clock that announces the hours by sounds resembling a cuckoo's call
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Participants will visit Geneva, Montreaux, Neuchâtel, Bern, Basel and Zurich in Switzerland as well as the Black Forest region, birthplace of the cuckoo clock.
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This year’s signature Hallmark ornament, a chiming cuckoo clock, has sold out twice at the store.
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In the dining room there are thin strings of burgundy crystal beads that circle the room near the ceiling, and in their large middle parlor a holiday bow always hangs from a cuckoo clock.
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Definition of cuckoo clock for English Language Learners
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: a clock that has a toy bird inside of it that comes out and makes a sound like a cuckoo to tell what time it is
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