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

There is a boy in the courtyard who has a skipping-rope and my little boy, therefore, wants to have a skipping-rope too.

From My Little Boy by Ewald, Carl

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

From My Little Boy by Ewald, Carl

At three feet the two-year old thought no more of the obstacle than a girl does of her skipping-rope.

From Riding Recollections, 5th ed. by Whyte-Melville, G. J. (George John)