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jumper

Long-sleeved woollen top reaching to the waist or below. During the 1940s short waist-length designs were popular, often worn as part of two- or three-piece outfits. In the 1950s looser and longer jumpers became popular. Today jumpers of all shapes and sizes are mass produced, often in bright colours and with bold designs.

jumper

In computing, rectangular plug used to make connections on a circuit board. By pushing a jumper onto a particular set of pins on the board, or removing another, users can adjust the configuration of their computer's circuitry.



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Furthermore, I could see from the shortness of his legs that the brute himself was no jumper and probably no runner.
A Princess of Mars by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context
I said that over the water we were not quite so generous; that with us, when a singer had lost his voice and a jumper had lost his legs, these parties ceased to draw.
A Tramp Abroad by Twain, Mark View in context
The locomotive whistled vigorously; the engineer, reversing the steam, backed the train for nearly a mile--retiring, like a jumper, in order to take a longer leap.
Around The World In Eighty Days by Verne, Jules View in context
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