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jemmy
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jem·my  (jm)
n. & v. Chiefly British
Variant of jimmy.
jemmy [ˈdʒɛmɪ] US, jimmy
n pl -mies
(Engineering / Tools) a short steel crowbar used, esp by burglars, for forcing doors and windows
vb -mies, -mying, -mied
(Engineering / Tools) (tr) to prise (something) open with a jemmy
[from the pet name for James]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.jemmy - a short crowbar; "in Britain they call a jimmy and jemmy"
jimmy
crowbar, pry, pry bar, wrecking bar - a heavy iron lever with one end forged into a wedge
Translations
jemmy [ˈdʒemɪ] N (Brit) → palanqueta f
jemmy, (US) jimmy
n → Brecheisen nt, → Stemmeisen nt
jemmy jimmy (Am) [ˈdʒɛmɪ] n → piede m di porco
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Soon after that raid, he struck again, jemmying a window at a house in Gosforth to steal a wallet, while an accomplice drove the victim's Peugeot from the driveway.
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Neil said yesterday: "None of the boys wanted to damage the chest by jemmying the brass lock - so I got a screwdriver.
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The jemmying open of the transfer window was supposed to herald an influx of new blood to the smallest squad in the Premiership, but thus far we've had one in, one out, and the threat of another one his way.
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