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  • jolly jumper
    jolly jumper
    noun
    any light sail set above a skysail; flying kite.
  • Jolly Jumper
    Jolly Jumper
    noun
    a type of fixed sprung baby harness in which an infant may be placed and allowed to bounce up and down for exercise

jolly jumper

American  

noun

Nautical.
  1. any light sail set above a skysail; flying kite.


Jolly Jumper British  

noun

  1. a type of fixed sprung baby harness in which an infant may be placed and allowed to bounce up and down for exercise

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of jolly jumper

First recorded in 1880–85

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