jemmy

noun 4verb 2adj 1name 1

Definitions

noun

1

A sheep's head used as food.

2

An immigrant.

3

A greatcoat.

your friend in the green jemmy

4

Alternative spelling of jimmy (“crowbar”).

Louisa fetched the jemmy, and they approached the house in a line;.

verb

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”).

adj

1

Neat; elegant.

I was agreeably surprised by seeing my young friend and companion, Robert Pott, driving up the avenue in a very jemmy equipage.

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