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

She shook her head sadly, as a brown river, girt with olives, flashed under the train like a child's skipping-rope.

From The Crime Doctor by Ernest William Hornung

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

From Marguerite by J. Lewis (James Lewis) May

Robert came into the garden and found the children with a skipping-rope, and was greatly shocked, and told them they should not skip about.

From Old Kensington by Miss Thackeray