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quockerwodger n

Synonym of jumping jack (“a toy figure of a person with jointed limbs that can be made to appear to dance or jump by pulling an attached string”) (figurative, slang) A person whose actions are controlled by someone else; a puppet. We are having a holoalphabetic month—each day features a term starting with a different letter of the alphabet (and two numbers)!

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