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jemmy

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Noun, Verb (usu participle)
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jem=my

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun jemmy has 1 sense

CIDE DICTIONARY

jemmya. [Cf. Gim, and Gimp, a.].
     Spruce.  Smart.  [1913 Webster]
jemmyn. 
  •  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.

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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