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— English words —

• jack-in-the-box n. Children’s toy consisting of a small box from which a male figure pops out unexpectedly after some turnings…
• jack-in-the-box n. (Historical) A small but powerful kind of screw, used by burglars to break open safes.
• jack-in-the-box n. (Obsolete) A con-man who deceived tradesmen by substituting empty boxes for others full of money.

— English words, defined in French —

• jack-in-the-box n. Diable en boîte, jouet d’enfant constitué d’une figure qui sort d’une petite boite quand on l’ouvre.
• Jack-in-the-box n. Diable en boîte.

44 English words from 3 English definitions

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5 English words from 2 foreign definitions

Diable figure ouvre petite sort

9 foreign words from 2 foreign definitions

boîte constitué Diable␣en␣boîte en␣boîte enfant jouet quand qui une

One suffix (New word found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

jack-in-the-boxes

26 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

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4 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

Nik -nik obe OBE

One anagram found with an extra letter (New word formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

jacks-in-the-box

One epenthesis (New word found when adding only one letter.)

jacks-in-the-box

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