Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A piece of small rope, with or without wooden handles, used by children in the sport of skipping the rope. Also called
jumping-rope and skip-rope. Seeto skip the rope , under skip.
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Examples
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Excepting this and the skipping-rope, the play of the girls consists in imitation of the serious work of their mothers, building little huts, making small pots, and cooking, pounding corn in miniature mortars, or hoeing tiny gardens.
A Popular Account of Dr. Livingstone's Expedition to the Zambesi and Its Tributaries 2004
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To their great surprise, they saw that he was using a skipping-rope, and skipping towards them, smiling good-naturedly.
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Down the path came a lovely little girl swinging a skipping-rope
Dorothy Dainty's Gay Times Amy Brooks
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After all, that advice of mine, which is thought to have benefited you so greatly, was simply that which Dr. Abernethy used to give his patients: "Don't come to me, -- go buy a skipping-rope."
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 23, September, 1859 Various
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Down the path came a lovely little girl, swinging a skipping-rope, and dancing over and under it in perfect time with the song which she was singing.
Dorothy Dainty's Gay Times Amy Brooks
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If you can only guard against excesses, and keep the skipping-rope in operation, there are yet hopes for you.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 23, September, 1859 Various
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In these moods solitude and silence, with a hoop or skipping-rope, are a saving system, and restore calmness of mind.
The Education of Catholic Girls Janet Erskine Stuart
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The Puncher seized a skipping-rope and did marvellous things with it.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, July 22, 1914 Various
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[Illustration: Down the path came a lovely little girl swinging a skipping-rope.]
Dorothy Dainty's Gay Times Amy Brooks
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Laura, still holding the rope, gazed after her and watched her take a skipping-rope from the box under the gallery.
Laurels are Poison Mitchell, Gladys, 1901-1983 1942
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