adj
Meaning 1
Neat; elegant.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic
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Standard Lemma guide
jemmy
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rhymes with -ɛmi
name
Meaning 2
A diminutive of the male given name James.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 3
A sheep's head used as food.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Ireland, UK, archaic, slang
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noun
Meaning 4
An immigrant.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Australia, slang
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noun
Meaning 5
A greatcoat.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete, slang
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noun
Meaning 6
Alternative spelling of jimmy (“crowbar”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative
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verb
Meaning 7
To shoehorn, to cram.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- two thousand people jemmied into a stadium built for fifteen hundred
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verb
Meaning 8
Alternative spelling of jimmy (“open with a crowbar”).
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Usage: alt-of, alternative
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noun
Meaning 9
a short crowbar
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- in Britain they call a jimmy and jemmy
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Synonyms: jimmy
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Broader terms: crowbar, wrecking bar, pry, pry bar
History
Etymology
From a variant of gim + -y.
From Jem + -y.
From Jemmy, diminutive of James. The verb is from the noun.
Real reading context