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Answer for the clue "Surprising toy ", 15 letters:
jack-in-the-box
Alternative clues for the word jack-in-the-box
Word definitions for jack-in-the-box in dictionaries
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1560s, originally a name for a sharp or cheat, "who deceived tradesmen by substituting empty boxes for others full of money" [Robert Nares, "A Glossary of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions," London, 1905]. As a type of toy, it is attested from 1702.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. plaything consisting of a toy clown that jumps out of a box when the lid is opened [also: jacks-in-the-box (pl)]
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 Children’s toy where a figure pop out of a small box. 2 (context obsolete English) A con-man who deceived tradesmen by substituting empty boxes for others full of money.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Jack-in-a-box \Jack-in-a-box\ (Bot.) A tropical tree ( Hernandia sonora ), which bears a drupe that rattles when dry in the inflated calyx. A child's toy, consisting of a box, out of which, when the lid is raised, a figure (usually a clown) springs; ...
Usage examples of jack-in-the-box.
And the lawyer, scared by the thought, brooded awhile on his own past, groping in all the corners of memory, least by chance some Jack-in-the-Box of an old iniquity should leap to light there.
Jack-in-the-boxes live underground, which is fine by the rest of us because there are far too many Jacks in this city already.
The moment he appeared the troglodytes, displaying their former training, jumped to their feet like so many jack-in-the-boxes and stood at attention by their desks.
Aubrey, instead of arsing about like a jack-in-the-box, just you run down to Ethalion and tell him to mend his pace.
The calm leisured voice rose to a sudden shout that brought the somnolent reporter jack-in-the-box bolt upright and sent him scurrying after notebook and pen that had spilled over the floor.
THE BALD LITTLE ROUND JACK-IN-THE-BOX HEAD OF FATHER DOLAN SPRINGS UP.
Food conglomerate Ralston-Purina bought the booming Jack-in-the-Box drive-thru chain in 1970 from founder Robert O.
There are no billboards, road signs, cops, Jack-in-the-Boxes, gas stations or other artifacts of honky culture.
Some Jack-in-the-boxes believe that Big Box Fella went after him and will one day return with the instructions and make everything right.
The Jack-in-the-boxes believe that there is another world beyond, outside this box, but we can't get to it.
In that tight space, the three closed stall doors would offer the challenge of three spring-loaded lids on jack-in-the-boxes packed with surprises designed in Hell.
Ian asked, popping up again like a jack-in-the-box before his uncle could answer.