jemmy
Americanverb (used with object)
noun
verb
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
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 Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various
He slipped his hand inside his captive's coat, and adroitly fished out a large, folding jemmy; whereupon the discomforted burglar abandoned all further protest.
From John Thorndyke's Cases related by Christopher Jervis and edited by R. Austin Freeman by Freeman, R. Austin (Richard Austin)
Where would be all this fine crockery work for your breakfast? you might pop your head under a pump, or drink out of your own paw; what would you do for that fine jemmy tye?
From Cecilia; Or, Memoirs of an Heiress — Volume 2 by Burney, Fanny
He had released his hold round the Jew's waist, but stood with the jemmy dangling by his side and with ears cocked ready for any sound.
From The Grell Mystery by Froest, Frank
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