jack-in-the-box

• Marijuana buds popped out like a jack-in-the-box. —  Nevada Appeal - Top Stories
• At first, his jack-in-the-box scares him, but soon he's conversing with it - and a contradictory toy it is, too. —  RVABlogs
• Then Shann fired at the jack-in-the-box appearance of a monstrous head, and —  Storm Over Warlock
• Hasn't he brought you a pincushion or a jack-in-the-box, Lady Raikes? and has he begun to neglect you so soon? —  The International Magazine, Volume 2, No. 2, January, 1851
• He must go and bring back a soldier, or a monkey, or a dear little jack-in-the-box, for dear little Dolly at home. " —  The International Magazine, Volume 2, No. 2, January, 1851

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