Calisthenics
(used with a plural verb) gymnastic exercises designed to develop physical health and vigor, usually performed with little or no special apparatus.
(used with a singular verb) the art, practice, or a session of such exercises.
Contemporary Examples
Inside Seal Team Six by Don Mann Excerpt Don Mann December 3, 2011
Is American Christianity Becoming a Workout Cult? Michael Schulson April 26, 2014
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Historical Examples
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The New Education Scott Nearing
The Minister and the Boy Allan Hoben
Mademoiselle Olympe Zabriski Thomas Bailey Aldrich
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 Various
The Historical Child Oscar Chrisman
At Plattsburg Allen French
noun
a variant spelling (esp US) of callisthenics
n.
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