- Orundellico,
known as "Jeremy Button" or "
Jemmy Button" or "Jimmy Button" (c. 1815–1864), was a
member of the
Yahgan (or Yámana)
people from
islands around...
- they were
Catholic and some
spoke Portuguese. The
leader of the rebellion,
Jemmy, was a
literate enslaved man. In some reports, however, he is
referred to...
-
shortly thereafter, and the
similarity of Sandwich's
conduct to that of
Jemmy Twitcher,
betrayer of
Macheath in that play,
permanently attached to him...
-
known as "Wicked Jimmy", the "Bad Earl", the "Gloomy Earl" and "Jimmy" or "
Jemmy Grasp-all, Earl of Toadstool". He died in 1802,
having had no
children by...
-
Jemmy is a male (seldom female)
given name. It is a
diminutive form of the
given name
James and Jimena.
Although po****r in the 18th and 19th centuries...
- bar or prisebar,
colloquially gooseneck, or pig bar, or in
Australia a
jemmy, is a
lever consisting of a
metal bar with a
single curved end and flattened...
-
James "
Jemmy" Wood (7
October 1756 – 20
April 1836) was the
owner of the
Gloucester Old Bank who
became nationally known as "The
Gloucester Miser". His...
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James "
Jemmy"
Hirst (1738–1829) was an
English eccentric.
Hirst was born to a
farmer family of Rawcliffe, Yorkshire. Even at
school he kept a pet jackdaw...
-
finger against him. Therefore, his
family provides him with a
whipping boy,
Jemmy, an
orphaned boy who is
punished in
place of the prince.
Though he has learned...
- A year on, the
mission had been abandoned. The
Fuegian they had
named Jemmy Button lived like the
other natives, had a wife, and had no wish to return...
