jemmy
Americanverb (used with object)
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jemmies,
present (3rd person singular)
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jemmied,
past participle, past
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jemmying
present participle
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
But now he was drenched to the skin, and the rain had damaged a new pair of jemmy boots which he was wearing.
From The Red River Colony A Chronicle of the Beginnings of Manitoba by Louis Aubrey Wood
You don't know a joke from a jemmy, Bill.
From Stephen Archer and Other Tales by George MacDonald
Gules, on a cross ermine, between four hand-cuffs, or, a jemmy of the field.
From Punch - Volume 25 (Jul-Dec 1853) by Various
The jemmy found in the flat fits the mark made in the window at Riversbrook, and we've got something more—another witness who saw him in Tanton Gardens about the time of the murder.
From The Hampstead Mystery by John R. (John Reay) Watson
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 George Dilnot
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 William Le Queux
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 Charles Whibley
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
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 A. M. (Alice Muriel) Williamson
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