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handspring

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handspring
a gymnastic feat in which a person starts from a standing position and leaps forwards or backwards into a handstand and then onto his feet


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The next instant he was out, and "going on" like an Indian; yelling, laughing, chasing boys, jumping over the fence at risk of life and limb, throwing handsprings, standing on his head -- doing all the heroic things he could conceive of, and keeping a furtive eye out, all the while, to see if Becky Thatcher was noticing.
Finally, they all made double somersaults and turned handsprings out of the room.
 
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