physical jerks

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At 11 I went to a girls’ grammar school where sport was valued, even if we were forced to do our physical jerks in pleated games skirts and/or grey knickers.

From The Guardian • Mar. 8, 2020

Jade Goody, behind their ears; they didn't perform physical jerks to any of her five fitness DVDs or try recipes from her cookbook; they even missed her many broadcast and print appearances.

From Time Magazine Archive

Under these pleasant circumstances, plus a little setting-up drill and "physical jerks," we passed a very pleasant fortnight before going into the trenches again—this time at Givenchy.

From From the St. Lawrence to the Yser with the 1st Canadian brigade by Curry, Frederic C.

We who were left kept on with our drills; we even did physical jerks on the slopes of Savoy Street, Strand.

From The 23rd (Service) Battalion Royal Fusiliers (First Sportsman's) A Record of its Services in the Great War, 1914-1919 by Ward, Fred W.

I was a recruit in the infantry, and a gym sergeant was putting us through physical jerks.

From A Dominie in Doubt by Neill, Alexander Sutherland