jemmy
Origin of jemmy
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How to use jemmy in a sentence
Wisha, jemmy, agra, there's no knowing what you'll be when you grows up.
My New Curate | P.A. SheehanThe transaction suggested the name given him, “jemmy Button.”
The Land of Fire | Mayne ReidLike York, jemmy has become a Benedict, and his wife is with him at the fishing-station.
The Land of Fire | Mayne ReidAnd as we went we met a mite of a boy of about jemmy's age, with a small bundle of corn on his shoulder, like a miniature man.
Little Folks | VariousI shrieked as to some unknown hand to save me, and jemmy belaboured him with a stick he caught up in desperation.
Little Folks | Various
British Dictionary definitions for jemmy
US jimmy
/ (ˈdʒɛmɪ) /
a short steel crowbar used, esp by burglars, for forcing doors and windows
(tr) to prise (something) open with a jemmy
Origin of jemmy
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