jemmy

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛmi

Adjective

jemmy (not comparable)

1. (archaic) spruce

Noun

jemmy (plural jemmies)

1. A crowbar, particularly one used by burglars. (US: jimmy)
2. (archaic, UK, slang) A baked sheep's head.
3. (Australia, slang) An immigrant
4. (obsolete, slang) A greatcoat
   • Charles Dickens, The Pickwick Papers

     your friend in the green jemmy

Verb

jemmy (third-person singular simple present jemmies, present participle jemmying, simple past and past participle jemmied)

1. To open with a crowbar.

Translations

jimmy

• Norwegian: brekkjern (no) n, kubein (no) n

• Spanish: palanqueta f

References

• jemmy in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913