Jemmy

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Jemmy

  1. A diminutive of the male given name James.
    • 1513, John Skelton, Agaynst the Scottes; republished in John Scattergood, editor, John Skelton: The Complete English Poems, 1983, →OCLC, page 116, lines 49–51:
      Joly Jemmy, [i.e. James IV of Scotland] ye scornefull Scot,
      Is it come unto your lot
      A solempne sumner for to be?

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