Pogostick

po·go stick  (p??g?)n. A metal pole having footrests attached to a spring and a handlebar, used for recreational jumping.[From Pogo, a former trademark.]American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.pogo stick n a stout pole with a handle at the top, steps for the feet and a spring at the bottom, so that the user can spring up, down, and along on it [C20: of uncertain origin]Collins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014po?go stick` or po?go-stick` (?po? go?) n. a long stick with footrests and a spring, used as a toy for leaping. [1920?25; pogo, formerly a trademark] Random House Kernerman Webster’s College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.pogo stick – Came onto the scene around 1921, but is of uncertain etymology, possibly from “pole” and “go.”See also related terms for pole.Farlex Trivia Dictionary. © 2012 Farlex, Inc. All rights reserved.

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