Jimmy
['dʒɪmi]
Definition
(noun.) a short crowbar; 'in Britain they call a jimmy and jemmy'.
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Definition
(n.) A short crowbar used by burglars in breaking open doors.
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Definition
n. (U.S.) a coal-car.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
An implement employed by men of acquisitive natures who cannot afford seats in the Stock Exchange.
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Examples
- Who was Jimmy? Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Here, you all--Mammy, Jimmy, Polly, Sukey--glad to see Mas'r? Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- You are sure it was not a house-breaker's jimmy? Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- Jimmy's clothes are white with dust. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- I'd do as much for our Jimmy any day if I had a spire of hair worth selling. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Johnny, did you throw chalk at Jimmy? Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
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