skipping-rope

British  

noun

1. a cord, usually having handles at each end, that is held in the hands and swung round and down so that the holder or others can jump over it

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skipping-rope

But I insisted, and so the thumping twangy bass noise resumed, and over it, a light baritone chanting in Caribbean patois to the rhythms of a nursery rhyme, or a playground skipping-rope jingle.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan

“Now for Taygete. She likes dancing. Don’t you think, Jane, a skipping-rope would be just the thing for her? You’ll tie them carefully, won’t you?” she said to the Assistant.

From "Mary Poppins" by P. L. Travers

It is simply an amusing thing that I should have the cent; and the skipping-rope is still fresh in his memory, because of the pangs which he underwent before its purchase.

From My Little Boy by Carl Ewald

If you will lend me five cents for the skipping-rope, I'll give you forty cents back.

From My Little Boy by Carl Ewald

Careful enquiries establish the fact that a skipping-rope of the sort used by the upper classes is nowhere to be obtained for less than five cents.

From My Little Boy by Carl Ewald