skipping-rope

noun

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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A video of George Osborne, Chancellor of the Exchequer... skipping rope.

He had a skipping-rope in his hand and was looking fixedly at the child.

A little congregation had formed 100 itself in the lane underneath my window, and was busy over a skipping-rope.

Mary put on her coat and hat and took her skipping-rope over her arm.

"You just try it," urged Martha, handing her the skipping-rope.

Grouped about her bed were a skipping-rope, a workbox—both handsomer than Janey's—and a little box besides.

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