ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD JUMPER
From obsolete jump man's loose jacket, variant of jupe, from Old French, from Arabic jubbah long cloth coat.
10 QUOTES WITH «JUMPER»
Famous quotes and sentences with the word
jumper.
My on-the-court game was ordinary. I had a jumper but needed screens. I could go right but not left.
The days of an open mic night when I'd rock up in an old jumper are over.
Dinosaurs are the jumper cables to the human mind. Kids can't curb their enthusiasm when they're in a hall of dinosaurs and mammoths and mammoth hunters and trilobites and giant fish that could chomp up a shark. These natural objects in motion and context make kids want to read; you can't stop them from reading and thinking.
Back in the Eighties, I'd buy the biggest Benetton jumper I could find and would wear it long-sleeved, hanging off my shoulders, with a varsity jacket and a baseball cap on back to front with a quiff. I was the smallest boy in my class, and I looked like a reject from New Kids On The Block. Terrible.
I have no interest in owning a football club; I don't play golf; I don't like horseracing and I'd rather become a professional bungee jumper than enter politics.
The truth is I quite like to dress in jeans and a woolly jumper.
I've always had an idealistic streak about storytelling in that I believe we owe more to audiences than repeatedly bludgeoning them over the head while stealing their lunch money. We owe them inspiration. That's why I'm more interested now in creating new heroes than hooking up jumper cables to old ones.
I used to live in a gap jumper, tracksuit bottoms and a fake flower in my hair. Shocking.
I love clothes but it's a struggle for me to get out of jeans and a baggy jumper.
You don't have to be Wilt Chamberlain to get into the Basketball Hall of Fame. If you don't have a sweet turnaround jumper from 18 feet, the best route to the Hall is fatherhood. Daniel Biasone, aka the 'father of the 24-second clock,' made the cut.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «JUMPER»
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jumper in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
jumper and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
Blessed with the unusual ability to "jump"--to teleport himself to any place on Earth that he has been to before--Davy is determined to locate others who can jump, but the interference of the government could prevent him from doing so.
Armed with the unexpected ability to "teleport" himself from one place to another, young Davy deftly escapes his abusive father and then strikes out for New York City. Reissue.
A woman must choose between two men, best friends, that both love her, in a poignant story of love, loyalty, honor, and guilt set against the perilous backdrop of wilderness firefighting. By the author of The Horse Whisperer. Reprint.
Davy, who teleports for government cases, is taken captive by a mysterious group of people who brainwash him for their own purposes, forcing Davy's teleportation-capable wife, Millie, to rescue him.
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101 Hunter/
Jumper Tips: Essentials for Riding on the Flat ...
With sections on tack and equipment, training, preparation for showing, and competition itself, this is a reference guide that no hunter/jumper rider or trainer should miss.
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Sam Patch, the Famous
Jumper
In his shrewd and powerful analysis, Johnson casts new light on aspects of American society that we may have overlooked or underestimated. This is innovative American history at its best.
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The Wall
Jumper: A Berlin Story
"Schneider's characters, like Kundera's, are sentient and sophisticated figures at a time when the constraints of Communist rule persist but its energy has entirely vanished."—Richard Eder, Los Angeles Times Book Review When the Berlin ...
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Jumper: Griffin's Story
Jumper: Griffin's Story features the character played by Jamie Bell in the film. At the publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management software (DRM) applied.
When the mystical connection between Earth and Xanth is severed by a cataclysmic Demon battle, Jumper discovers a cryptic prophecy about how to restore the connection, an effort that pits him against a series of alluring damsels.
Reese loves horses and longs to be a competitive show-jumper.
Michele Martin Bossley, 2006
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «JUMPER»
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jumper is used in the context of the following news items.
Major Tulsa highway shut down due to jumper threat | www.krmg.com
A man threatening to jump from the Peoria Avenue bridge to the Broken Arrow Expressway below shut down that major east-west highway in ... «KRMG, Jul 15»
D'Angelo Russell drains off the dribble jumper - Silver Screen and Roll
Lakers Summer League Highlights: D'Angelo Russell drains off the dribble jumper. By Harrison Faigen @hmfaigen on Jul 17, 2015, 4:37p +. D'Angelo ... «Silver Screen and Roll, Jul 15»
Jessica's hooked on tree jumper contest
Jessica Thompson won the excellence in knitting and crochet for her red tree monster, Scarlett. She has entered a tree jumper in 11 of the 12 ... «Warwick Daily News, Jul 15»
BBC Sport - Sir Nick Faldo bids emotional Open farewell at St Andrews
Sporting the same pastel yellow jumper he wore in his first Open win back in 1987, Faldo birdied the famous Road Hole before standing atop ... «BBC Sport, Jul 15»
Former Yale high jumper embarks on 14000-mile journey for …
sam_fox_run_while_you_can NEW HAVEN, Conn. — Sam Fox '09, a former All-East and All-Ivy League high jumper for the Yale track and field ... «SportzEdge.com, Jul 15»
Netflix boss wears ridiculous BoJack Horseman jumper to present …
The camera panned down to reveal he was proudly wearing a loud, bright, blue-green jumper featuring BoJack Horseman, the popular Netflix ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»
McLain profile: Star triple jumper grew up a tomboy
McLain profile: Star triple jumper grew up a tomboy. By John Reid Daily News Staff Writer. Posted: 07/15/15, 10:27 PM PDT | Updated: 3 hrs ago. # Comments. «Monterey County Herald, Jul 15»
Lake jumper dies of blunt force trauma from hitting water
News | Vermont News. Lake jumper dies of blunt force trauma from hitting water. The Associated Press | July 16,2015 ... «Rutland Herald, Jul 15»
Minneapolis NAACP calling for review of fare jumper arrest
A video of a man being arrested for not paying a Metro Transit fare has gone viral and the Minneapolis NAACP is calling for a review of the ... «Minneapolis Sun Times, Jul 15»
BBC Sport - Isobel Pooley: GB high jumper on the body beautiful …
Here's a tall story - an ultra-fit champion British athlete who suffers jibes every day because of her body. High jumper Isobel Pooley is not ... «BBC Sport, Jul 15»
