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jemmy

noun

Etymology

From Jemmy, diminutive of James. The verb is from the noun.

  1. borrowed from 김
  2. suffixed as jemmy — “gim + y”

Definitions

  1. A sheep's head used as food.

  2. An immigrant.

  3. A greatcoat.

    • your friend in the green jemmy
  4. ›+ 5 more definitions

    1. Alternative spelling of jimmy (“crowbar”).

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

    2. To shoehorn, to cram.

      • two thousand people jemmied into a stadium built for fifteen hundred

    3. Alternative spelling of jimmy (“open with a crowbar”).

    4. Neat

      Neat; elegant.

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

    5. A diminutive of the male given name James.

      • 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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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA