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First published 1941 (SND Vol. II).
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‡CARLISLE, n.1. “A sequence of intricate jumps, in which the jumper alternately twists the one leg before the other” (Rxb. 1923 Watson W.-B.). Also dooble Carlisle, “a more intricate form of this” (Ib.). See also Crile, n.2
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