"jumping-jack" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: jumping-jacks [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} jumping-jack (plural jumping-jacks)
  1. Alternative form of jumping jack Wikipedia link: Jumping jack (toy) Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: jumping jack
    Sense id: en-jumping-jack-en-noun-MpyDCZZJ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1904, L. Frank Baum, chapter 13, in The Marvelous Land of Oz",
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          "ref": "1904, Stratemeyer Syndicate, chapter 14, in The Bobbsey Twins, Or, Merry Days Indoors and Out",
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