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
It was a jemmy of finely tempered steel gracefully curved at one end.
From The Grell Mystery by Frank Froest
He tossed the jemmy up to Coombes, and Coombes succeeded in catching it.
From Dope by Sax Rohmer
The implement by which the burglar earns his daily bread is now called a jemmy, but in the 17th century we also find bess and betty.
From The Romance of Words (4th ed.) by Ernest Weekley
His cockle-hat and staff transformed to a smart cocked beaver and a jemmy cane; his amice gray to the last Regent Street cut; and his painful palmer's pace to the modern swagger!
From The Best Letters of Charles Lamb by Charles Lamb
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
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
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
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
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