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jim⋅my

1  [jim-ee] noun, plural -mies, verb, -mied, -my⋅ing.
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–noun
1. a short crowbar.
2. a large male crab, esp. of Chesapeake Bay.
–verb (used with object)
3. to force open (a door, window, etc.) with a jimmy: The burglar got in by jimmying the back door.
Also, especially British, jemmy.

Origin:
1840–50; generic use of Jimmy; cf. jack 1

jim⋅my

2  [jim-ee]
–noun, plural -mies. Australian Slang.
an immigrant.
Origin:
1835–45; rhyming slang; Jimmy (Grant), for immigrant

Jim⋅my

  [jim-ee]
–noun
a male given name, form of James.
Also, Jimmie.

Con⋅nors

  [kon-erz]
–noun
James Scott (Jimmy), born 1952, U.S. tennis player.
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jim·my   (jĭm'ē)   
n.   pl. jim·mies
A short crowbar with curved ends.
tr.v.   jim·mied, jim·my·ing, jim·mies
To pry (something) open with or as if with a jimmy: jimmy a door.

[Probably from the name Jimmy, nickname for James.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Slang Dictionary
jimmy

  1. n.
    the penis. (From the proper name Jimmy or from the name for a short crowbar.) : The streaker covered his jimmy and ran across the field.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

jimmy 
1848, variant of jemmy, crowbar much used by burglars, special use of Jemmy, familiar form of proper name James (see jack).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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