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plural jemmies
(archaic, British, slang) A sheep's head used as food.
(Australia, slang) An immigrant.
(obsolete, slang) A greatcoat. quotations
your friend in the green jemmy
1836 March – 1837 October, Charles Dickens, “(please specify the chapter name)”, in The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1837
Alternative spelling of jimmy (crowbar). quotations examples
Louisa fetched the jemmy, and they approached the house in a line;.
2010, Mick Herron, Slow Horses, page 217
third-person singular simple present jemmies, present participle jemmying, simple past and past participle jemmied
To shoehorn, to cram. examples
Alternative spelling of jimmy (open with a crowbar). examples
comparative jemmier, superlative jemmiest
(archaic) Neat; elegant. quotations
I was agreeably surprised by seeing my young friend and companion, Robert Pott, driving up the avenue in a very jemmy equipage.
1808–10, William Hickey, Memoirs of a Georgian Rake, Folio Society 1995, p. 209