jemmy

English

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ɛmi

Noun

jemmy (plural jemmies)

1. (archaic, British, slang) A baked sheep's head.
2. (Australia, slang) An immigrant.
3. (obsolete, slang) A greatcoat.
   • (Can we date this quote?), Charles Dickens, The Pickwick Papers

     your friend in the green jemmy

4. Alternative spelling of jimmy (crowbar).

Verb

jemmy (third-person singular simple present jemm, present participle ies, simple past and past participle jemmied)

1. To shoehorn, to cram.

   two thousand people jemmied into a stadium built for fifteen hundred

2. Alternative spelling of jimmy (open with a crowbar).

Translations

cram — see cram

Adjective

jemmy (comparative jemmier, superlative jemmiest)

1. (archaic) spruce; elegant.

See also

• jimmy

References

• “jemmy”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.