jimmy
noun
a short crowbar.
had jimmied
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past perfectof jimmy.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Maddy, last out of the elevator, had jimmied its door open with a powerjack.
From "Uglies" by Scott Westerfeld
Retrieval had jimmied a hologram lead into the existing electricity sockets and were projecting an unbattered wall over the hole.
From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer
He had discovered a false back of one of the drawers in the desk and had jimmied it open.
From The War Terror by Arthur B. (Arthur Benjamin) Reeve
