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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun jemmy has 1 sense
- jemmy(n = noun.artifact) jimmy - a short crowbar; "in Britain they call a jimmy and jemmy" is a kind of crowbar, pry, pry bar, wrecking bar
CIDE DICTIONARY
jemmy, n.
- A short crowbar. See Jimmy. [1913 Webster]
- A baked sheep's head. Dickens. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
jemmy, n. & v. (US jimmi)
--n. (pl. -ies or jimmis) a burglar's short crowbar, usu. made in sections.
--v.tr. (-ies, -ied) force open with a jemmy.
--n. (pl. -ies or jimmis) a burglar's short crowbar, usu. made in sections.
--v.tr. (-ies, -ied) force open with a jemmy.
Etymology
pet-form of the name James
ROGET THESAURUS
jemmy
Instrument
N instrument, machinery, mechanism, engineering, instrument, organ, tool, implement, utensil, machine, engine, lathe, gin, mill, air engine, caloric engine, heat engine, gear, tackle, tackling, rig, rigging, apparatus, appliances, plant, materiel, harness, trappings, fittings, accouterments, barde, equipment, equipmentage, appointments, furniture, upholstery, chattels, paraphernalia, mechanical powers, lever, leverage, mechanical advantage, crow, crowbar, handspike, gavelock, jemmy, jimmy, arm, limb, wing, oar, paddle, pulley, wheel and axle, wheelwork, clockwork, wheels within wheels, pinion, crank, winch, cam, pedal, capstan, wheel, inclined plane, wedge, screw, spring, mainspring, can hook, glut, heald, heddle, jenny, parbuckle, sprag, water wheel, handle, hilt, haft, shaft, heft, shank, blade, trigger, tiller, helm, treadle, key, turnscrew, screwdriver, knocker, hammer, edge tool, borer, vice, teeth, nail, rope, peg, support, spoon, arms, oar, cardiograph, recapper, snowplow, tenpenny, votograph, instrumental, mechanical, machinal, brachial.
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