jimmy
noun
a short crowbar.
were jimmying
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past progressiveof jimmy.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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Before the moviemakers could recover from the shock and decide how to make Cinerama practical, Fate and an ardent film-hobbyist named Milton Gunzburg were jimmying the back door to salvation.
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