jemmy
See also: Jemmy
English edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
jemmy (plural jemmies)
- (archaic, British, slang) A sheep's head used as food.
- (Australia, slang) An immigrant.
- (obsolete, slang) A greatcoat.
- 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, →OCLC:
- your friend in the green jemmy
- Alternative spelling of jimmy (crowbar).
- 2010, Mick Herron, Slow Horses, page 217:
- Louisa fetched the jemmy, and they approached the house in a line;.
Verb edit
jemmy (third-person singular simple present jemmies, present participle jemmying, simple past and past participle jemmied)
- To shoehorn, to cram.
- two thousand people jemmied into a stadium built for fifteen hundred
- Alternative spelling of jimmy (open with a crowbar).
Translations edit
cram — see cram
Adjective edit
jemmy (comparative jemmier, superlative jemmiest)
- (archaic) Neat; elegant.
- 1808–10, William Hickey, Memoirs of a Georgian Rake, Folio Society 1995, p. 209:
- 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:
See also edit
References edit
- “jemmy”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.