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In some senses, jemmy is marked as archaic, slang, obsolete, UK. Watch for register when choosing this word.
jemmy
noun 4verb 2adj 1name 1
Collocations
5ADJ.
green
VERB + JEMMY
fetched
JEMMY + NOUN
e, equipage, james
PREP.
in
ADV.
joly
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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Synonyms
noun — a short crowbar
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
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your friend in the green jemmy
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Louisa fetched the jemmy, and they approached the house in a line;.
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two thousand people jemmied into a stadium built for fifteen hundred
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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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Joly Jemmy, [i.e. James IV of Scotland] ye scornefull Scot, Is it come unto your lot A solempne sumner for to be?
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