JEMMY (jemmied)

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: jemmied   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does jemmy mean? 

• JEMMY (noun)
  The noun JEMMY has 1 sense:

1. a short crowbar

  Familiarity information: JEMMY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• JEMMY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A short crowbar

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

jemmy; jimmy

Context example:

in Britain they call a jimmy and jemmy

Hypernyms ("jemmy" is a kind of...):

crowbar; pry; pry bar; wrecking bar (a heavy iron lever with one end forged into a wedge)

 Context examples 

Turning up the cuffs of his dress-coat—he had placed his overcoat on a chair—Holmes laid out two drills, a jemmy, and several skeleton keys.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“Now you may mizzle, jemmy (as we say at Court), and if Mr. Copperfield will take the chair I'll operate on him.”

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

Please come at once and join me there. Bring with you a jemmy, a dark lantern, a chisel, and a revolver.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“Such things are not much in demand hereabouts. That sets me off again! I haven't seen a pretty woman since I've been here, jemmy.”

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

This is a first-class, up-to-date burgling kit, with nickel-plated jemmy, diamond-tipped glass-cutter, adaptable keys, and every modern improvement which the march of civilization demands.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)