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summerset

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sum·mer·set  (smr-st)
n. & v.
Variant of somerset.
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Noun1.summerset - an acrobatic feat in which the feet roll over the head (either forward or backward) and returnsummerset - an acrobatic feat in which the feet roll over the head (either forward or backward) and return
flip, somersault, somersaulting, summersault, somerset
tumble - an acrobatic feat of rolling or turning end over end
flip-flop - a backward somersault
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I have seen him do the summerset several times together, upon a trencher fixed on a rope which is no thicker than a common pack-thread in England.
Gulliver's Travels by Swift, Jonathan View in context
But, if my devotion, as you are pleased to call my summerset, saved you, did it not save me too, for here we are, all three of us, in first-rate health?
Five Weeks in a Balloon by Verne, Jules View in context
As he paced along the margin of the lake he would burst into frequent fits of laughter, while he recollected the summerset of Hiram: and, on the whole, he thought the affair a very capital joke.
The Pioneers by Cooper, James Fenimore View in context
 
 
 
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