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Definition of Jemmy
1. Noun. A short crowbar. "In Britain they call a jimmy and jemmy"
Definition of Jemmy
1. a. Spruce.
2. n. A short crowbar. See Jimmy.
Definition of Jemmy
1. Adjective. (archaic) spruce ¹
2. Noun. A crowbar, particularly one used by burglars. (US: jimmy) ¹
3. Noun. (archaic British slang) A baked sheep's head. ¹
4. Noun. (Australia slang) An immigrant ¹
5. Verb. To open with a crowbar. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Jemmy
1. to jimmy [v -MIED, -MYING, -MIES] - See also: jimmy
Lexicographical Neighbors of Jemmy
Literary usage of Jemmy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1880)
"And now once a-year, since the flight of his soul, I read in his Homer, and drink
from his bowl— Rare jemmy Blinker! O rare jemmy Blinker, where now shall ..."
2. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1861)
"At the Spring Assizes, 1802, James Ayres, more popularly known as ' jemmy the
Gipsy,' was convicted at Aylesbury of sheep-stealing, sentenced to be hanged, ..."
3. A Collection of Old Ballads. Corrected from the Best and Most Ancient Copies by Ambrose Philips (1723)
"Truly jemmy, I muft blame ye, You look fo pale and wan, I fear 'twill prove you
are in love, Alas poor Man ..."
4. The Saturday Magazine (1841)
"Our garden, upon which much labour had been bestowed, had been trampled over
repeatedly, although jemmy had done his best to prevent the people from walking ..."
5. A Dictionary of Slang, Jargon & Cant: Embracing English, American, and Anglo by Albert Barrère, Charles Godfrey Leland (1889)
"jemmy (popular), a sheep's head ; sometimes called by the lower classes a " bloody
jemmy," on account of the quantity of blood about it. ..."
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