英语词汇“jemmy”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	jemmy
释义	Trends of jemmy View usage for: jemmy in British English (ˈdʒɛmɪ) or US jimmy nounWord forms: plural -mies 1. a short steel crowbar used, esp by burglars, for forcing doors and windows verbWord forms: -mies, -mying or -mied 2. (transitive) to prise (something) open with a jemmy Word origin C19: from the pet name for James jemmy in American English (ˈdʒɛmi) nounWord forms: plural ˈjemmies British 1. Jimmy 2. a sheep's head used for food Word origin < dim. of James1 Examples of 'jemmy' in a sentence jemmy The door lock had been wrenched with a jemmy or similar instrument. Meek, M R D IN REMEMBRANCE OF ROSE (2002) Yet any half-competent peterman with a sectional jemmy would have ripped it open inside five minutes. Ashford, Jeffrey A QUESTION OF PRINCIPLE (2002) Your lock picks, your jemmy and your glass cutter and whatever else you carry round with you on your nocturnal wanderings. Matthews, Lew A CONVICTION OF GUILT (2002) Petra returned to one of the skylights and produced a jemmy from her rucksack. Mark Burnell THE RHYTHM SECTION (2002)
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