jemmy

American  

[jem-ee] / ˈdʒɛm i /

verb (used with object)

jemmied, jemmying

1. jimmy.

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noun

plural

jemmies

1. jimmy.

2. Slang. an overcoat.

3. the baked head of a sheep.

jemmy British  

/ ˈdʒɛmɪ /

noun

1. a short steel crowbar used, esp by burglars, for forcing doors and windows

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verb

1. (tr) to prise (something) open with a jemmy

Etymology

Origin of jemmy

First recorded in 1745–55

Example Sentences

There have been plenty of miracles in those 14 years - magic passes spun from those conjuror's fingers; side-stepping, slashing bursts through bewildered opponents; impossible off-loads to jemmy open locked defences and steal a game away.

From BBC

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

Betty, bet′ti, n. a man who troubles himself with the women's work in a household: a slang name for a burglar's jemmy or jenny.

From Project Gutenberg

He is shown jemmies, coining implements, shop-lifting devices, and the latest word in the march of scientific burglary—the oxy-acetylene apparatus.

From Project Gutenberg

But now he was drenched to the skin, and the rain had damaged a new pair of jemmy boots which he was wearing.

From Project Gutenberg