jungle gym
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of jungle gym
from a trademark
Example Sentences
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Fearing the worst, however, voters who normally couldn’t tell a “jungle primary” from a jungle gym began thinking a lot like gimlet-eyed political strategists.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 3, 2026
"There was no visibility. I kind of compared it to a metal jungle gym underwater," recalled Robyn Bianchi, the assistant salvage master for one of the firms involved, Donjon Marine.
From BBC ● Dec. 5, 2024
Williams chose to stage its decomposition and watched as children visiting the park used it as a jungle gym.
From New York Times ● Mar. 22, 2024
My four-and-half-month-old already loves climbing on me as though I were a human jungle gym; there is something rather bleak about the way Harry describes his touch-avoidant childhood.
From Salon ● Jan. 20, 2023
And with his enemy staring down at him from atop the jungle gym.
From "Chronicles of a Lizard Nobody" by Patrick Ness
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