pogo stick

plural pogo sticks

1. 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.

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   […]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

2. informalaeronauticsSynonym 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

   Synonyms: tailstand