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
You'd pull the wool over the eyes of a professional burglar, Koppy, while you stole his jemmy.
From The Return of Blue Pete by Luke Allan
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
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 Fanny Burney
"Bust de catch wit' me jemmy," he whispered, shamefacedly.
From The Intrusion of Jimmy by P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse
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
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
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
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
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
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