pogo stick en · NOUN
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Etymology
An acronym of the surnames of German inventors Max Pohlig and Ernst Gottschall, trademarked.
Meanings
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A toy, used for hopping up and down on, consisting of a pole with a T-bar handle at one end, and spring-loaded footpads on the other.
[…]when the German engineers test British-bound trains, they use imported lengths of our buggered, privatized tracks because the decently maintained European rails won’t provide accurate testing conditions. Who really won the ruddy war? I should have fled the Hogginses up the Great North Road on a ruddy pogo stick.
2004, David Mitchell, “The Ghastly Ordeal of Timothy Cavendish”, in Cloud Atlas, London: Sceptre (Hodder and Stoughton), →ISBN, page 169:
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(informal) Synonym of tailstand.
An internal cargo handling winch and “pogo stick” are provided for handling cargo inside the main cargo area.
1959, Aviation Storekeeper 3 & 2, United States. Bureau of Naval Personnel, page 394:
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| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| pogo sticks | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
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Translations (18)
de Hüpfstock (toy used for hopping) · ja ポゴスティック (toy used for hopping) · sv hoppstylta (toy used for hopping) · pl drążek pogo (toy used for hopping) · fr bâton sauteur (toy used for hopping) · de Springstock (toy used for hopping) · cmn 彈跳桿 /弹跳杆 (toy used for hopping) · cmn 跳杆 (toy used for hopping) · ko 스카이콩콩 (toy used for hopping) · ru тренажёр кузне́чик (toy used for hopping) · fi hyppykeppi (toy used for hopping) · es palo saltarín (toy used for hopping) · sv kängurupinne (toy used for hopping) · ru по́го-сти́к (toy used for hopping) · es pogo (toy used for hopping) · is kengúruprik (toy used for hopping) · cmn 彈簧單高蹺 /弹簧单高跷 (toy used for hopping) · sv hoppjerka (toy used for hopping)