jemmy
Americanverb (used with object)
noun
verb
Other Word Forms
Inflected Forms
Nouns
Participles
Conjugated Forms
Present
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jemmysimple
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jemmiessimple
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have jemmiedperfect
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has jemmiedperfect
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am jemmyingprogressive
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are jemmyingprogressive
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is jemmyingprogressive
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have been jemmyingperfect progressive
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has been jemmyingperfect progressive
Past
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jemmiedsimple
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had jemmiedperfect
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was jemmyingprogressive
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were jemmyingprogressive
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had been jemmyingperfect progressive
Future
Etymology
Origin of jemmy
First recorded in 1745–55
Example Sentences
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Bunton said that he hadn't carried a jemmy and if the toilet window had been shut he would have had to give up.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 30, 2012
"Who are you?" he demanded, as stiffly as if I had broken in at the veranda window with a jemmy.
From My Year of the War Including an Account of Experiences with the Troops in France and the Record of a Visit to the Grand Fleet Which is Here Given for the First Time in its Complete Form by Palmer, Frederick
He produced a jemmy which he had found at Fanning's flat, and said that it fitted the marks on the window at Riversbrook which had been forced on the night of the 18th of August.
From The Hampstead Mystery by Watson, John R. (John Reay)
The suppression of economic knowledge, disastrous as it is, is quite intelligible, its corrupt motive being as clear as the motive of a burglar for concealing his jemmy from a policeman.
From Treatise on Parents and Children by Shaw, Bernard
You don't know a joke from a jemmy, Bill.
From Stephen Archer and Other Tales by MacDonald, George
He chooses the occasion of his deeds with as scrupulous a care as he examines his formidable crowbars and jemmies.
From A Book of Scoundrels by Whibley, Charles
Here he is shown the different types of jemmies, and bars of steel so fashioned that they may be used as chisels or levers.
From Scotland Yard The methods and organisation of the Metropolitan Police by Dilnot, George
I hope, though, that Michael never had half the trouble finding his paints and brushes that Nick had to get at his tommies and jemmies, and dozens of strange little instruments.
From Set in Silver by Williamson, A. M. (Alice Muriel)
It is not surprising to learn, following the Police Union meeting, that the burglars have decided to "down jemmies" unless the eight-hour night is conceded.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, January 29, 1919 by Various
Among the things were three pistols, two "jemmies," some curious little bottles, and some queer-looking implements I couldn't guess the use of.
From The Four Faces A Mystery by Le Queux, William
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