The longest jumper on record was Phayllos, who is accredited with jumping 55 feet. Half that length would be an enormous jump.
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A counter jumper. A draper’s apprentice or employé, who is accustomed to jump over the shop counter to save the trouble and time of going round.
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.
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