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Meanings of jemmy in English

Portuguese
pé-de-cabra
Catalan
palanqueta

A short crowbar.

        pé-de-cabra

        A tool consisting of a metal bar with a single curved end and flattened points, often with a small fissure on the curved end for removing nails.

              Usage of jemmy in English
              1
              The superintendent gripped his jemmy tightly and turned towards the dirty stairs.
              The Grell Mystery
              2
              Foyle had dropped his jemmy and his hand closed over his pistol.
              The Grell Mystery
              3
              He didn't have time for subtlety; he'd just have to jemmy it open.
              Johannes cabal the necromancer
              4
              He tossed the jemmy up to Coombes, and Coombes succeeded in catching it.
              Dope
              5
              His next action shows that the 'jemmy' is really a ruler.
              What Every Woman Knows
              6
              Bring with you a jemmy, a dark lantern, a chisel, and a revolver.
              Sherlock holmes: the complete illustrated novels
              7
              Bring with you a jemmy, a dark lantern, a chisel, and a revolver.-S.H.
              His Last Bow: An Epilogue of Sherlock Holmes
              8
              I've seen the marks of a jemmy on the window-sill.
              The Hampstead Mystery
              9
              You'd pull the wool over the eyes of a professional burglar, Koppy, while you stole his jemmy.
              The Return of Blue Pete
              10
              Bring with you a jemmy, a
              His Last Bow
              11
              Agostino and the boys donned black masks and prised open, or attempted to jemmy, doors using a chisel.
              News.com.au
              12
              How, then, did Barrow even manage to attempt to jemmy this drawer when the tool was nowhere near to hand?
              Johannes cabal the necromancer
              13
              Other things than clothes found a place in its depths, among them a jemmy, some putty, and a glazier's diamond.
              The Grell Mystery
              14
              If it were new it would seem like a playwright pandering to the moment: What's a jemmy compared to a share certificate?
              The Irish Times
              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
              Unmanned
              16
              Distance travelled by Jemmy and myself today twenty-six and a half miles.
              Journal of Landsborough's Expedition from Carpentaria / In searc...
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              Translations for jemmy
              Portuguese
              pé-de-cabra
              Catalan
              palanqueta
              Jemmy through the time