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Definition of jemmy

Jemmy
Jemmy Jem"my, a. [Cf. Gim, and Gimp, a.] Spruce. [Slang, Eng.] --Smart.
jemmy
Jimmy Jim"my, n.; pl. Jimmies. [Cf. Jemmy.] A short crowbar used by burglars in breaking open doors. [Written also jemmy.]

Meaning of jemmy from wikipedia

- 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...
- Orundellico, known as "Jeremy Button" or "Jemmy Button" or "Jimmy Button" (c. 1815–1864), was a member of the Yaghan (or Yámana) people from islands around...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- James Byrne (1947 or 1948 – 7 September 2024), also known as Jemmy or Jaws, was an Irish criminal. He was once an ****ociate of Martin Cahill. Byrne had...
- and brother Jemmy, can time-travel. Her medical condition caused her parents to travel back to the ****ure, to have it corrected. Jemmy went with them...
- James "Jemmy" Moore (1839 – 19 April 1890) was an Australian cricketer who pla**** a single first-class match for New South Wales during the 1861–62 season...
- hand against him. Therefore, his family provides him with a whipping boy, Jemmy, an orphaned boy who will be punished instead of the prince. Though he has...