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Meanings of jemmy in inglês

português
pé-de-cabra
catalão
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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.

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Examples for "jimmy"
Examples for "jimmy"
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Don't you need something called a jimmy to pry doors open with?
Burglars can't be choosers
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Let me be clear: Jimmy Wales is doing the right thing here.
The Guardian
3
Nothing at all; for, of course, Jimmy did not believe in ghosts.
Rendezvous with Rama
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Jimmy said something to me and I couldn't process his words, either.
Don't blink
5
In case you haven't heard, Jimmy Carter has a new book out.
The Guardian
Usage of jemmy in inglês
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The superintendent gripped his jemmy tightly and turned towards the dirty stairs.
The Grell Mystery
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Foyle had dropped his jemmy and his hand closed over his pistol.
The Grell Mystery
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He didn't have time for subtlety; he'd just have to jemmy it open.
Johannes cabal the necromancer
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He tossed the jemmy up to Coombes, and Coombes succeeded in catching it.
Dope
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His next action shows that the 'jemmy' is really a ruler.
What Every Woman Knows
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Bring with you a jemmy, a dark lantern, a chisel, and a revolver.
Sherlock holmes: the complete illustrated novels
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Bring with you a jemmy, a dark lantern, a chisel, and a revolver.-S.H.
His Last Bow: An Epilogue of Sherlock Holmes
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I've seen the marks of a jemmy on the window-sill.
The Hampstead Mystery
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You'd pull the wool over the eyes of a professional burglar, Koppy, while you stole his jemmy.
The Return of Blue Pete
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Bring with you a jemmy, a
His Last Bow
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Agostino and the boys donned black masks and prised open, or attempted to jemmy, doors using a chisel.
News.com.au
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How, then, did Barrow even manage to attempt to jemmy this drawer when the tool was nowhere near to hand?
Johannes cabal the necromancer
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Other things than clothes found a place in its depths, among them a jemmy, some putty, and a glazier's diamond.
The Grell Mystery
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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
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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
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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
português
pé-de-cabra
catalão
palanqueta
Jemmy through the time