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Meanings of jemmy in English
Portuguese
pé-de-cabra Catalan
palanqueta Usage of jemmy in English
1
The superintendent gripped his jemmy tightly and turned towards the dirty stairs.
2
Foyle had dropped his jemmy and his hand closed over his pistol.
3
He didn't have time for subtlety; he'd just have to jemmy it open.
4
He tossed the jemmy up to Coombes, and Coombes succeeded in catching it.
5
His next action shows that the 'jemmy' is really a ruler.
6
Bring with you a jemmy, a dark lantern, a chisel, and a revolver.
7
Bring with you a jemmy, a dark lantern, a chisel, and a revolver.-S.H.
8
I've seen the marks of a jemmy on the window-sill.
9
You'd pull the wool over the eyes of a professional burglar, Koppy, while you stole his jemmy.
10
Bring with you a jemmy, a
11
Agostino and the boys donned black masks and prised open, or attempted to jemmy, doors using a chisel.
12
How, then, did Barrow even manage to attempt to jemmy this drawer when the tool was nowhere near to hand?
13
Other things than clothes found a place in its depths, among them a jemmy, some putty, and a glazier's diamond.
14
If it were new it would seem like a playwright pandering to the moment: What's a jemmy compared to a share certificate?
15
University, where furtive as hedgehogs, we found a hand-hold to jemmy open an illegal window, fossick the disused office for carton stacked upon
16
Distance travelled by Jemmy and myself today twenty-six and a half miles.
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