jemmy
English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Jemmy, diminutive of James.[1] The verb is from the noun.[2]
Noun
jemmy (plural jemmies)Category:English lemmas#JEMMYCategory:English nouns#JEMMYCategory:English countable nouns#JEMMYCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#JEMMYCategory:Pages with entries#JEMMYCategory:Pages with 1 entry#JEMMY
- (archaicCategory:English terms with archaic senses#JEMMY, UKCategory:British English#JEMMY, IrelandCategory:Irish English#JEMMY, slangCategory:English slang#JEMMY) A sheep's head used as food.
- (AustraliaCategory:Australian English#JEMMY, slangCategory:English slang#JEMMY) An immigrant.
- (obsoleteCategory:English terms with obsolete senses#JEMMY, slangCategory:English slang#JEMMY) A greatcoat.
- 1836 March – 1837 October, Charles Dickens, “(please specify the chapter name)”, in The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1837, →OCLC:
- your friend in the green jemmyCategory:English terms with quotations#JEMMY
- Alternative spelling of jimmy (“crowbar”).
- 2010, Mick Herron, Slow Horses, page 217:
- Louisa fetched the jemmy, and they approached the house in a line;.Category:English terms with quotations#JEMMY
Verb
jemmy (third-person singular simple present jemmies, present participle jemmying, simple past and past participle jemmied)Category:English lemmas#JEMMYCategory:English verbs#JEMMYCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#JEMMYCategory:Pages with entries#JEMMYCategory:Pages with 1 entry#JEMMY
- To shoehorn, to cram.
- two thousand people jemmied into a stadium built for fifteen hundredCategory:English terms with usage examples#JEMMY
- Alternative spelling of jimmy (“open with a crowbar”).
Translations
Etymology 2
From a variant of gim + -yCategory:English terms suffixed with -y (adjectival)#JEMMY.[3]
Adjective
jemmy (comparative jemmier, superlative jemmiest)Category:English lemmas#JEMMYCategory:English adjectives#JEMMYCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#JEMMYCategory:Pages with entries#JEMMYCategory:Pages with 1 entry#JEMMY
- (archaicCategory:English terms with archaic senses#JEMMY) Neat; elegant.
- 1808–10, William Hickey, Memoirs of a Georgian Rake, Folio Society 1995, p. 209:
- I was agreeably surprised by seeing my young friend and companion, Robert Pott, driving up the avenue in a very jemmy equipage.
- 1808–10, William Hickey, Memoirs of a Georgian Rake, Folio Society 1995, p. 209:
Derived terms
See also
References
- “jemmy”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- ↑ “jemmy, n.”, in OED Online
, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000. - ↑ “jemmy, v.”, in OED Online , Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
- ↑ “jemmy, adj.”, in OED Online , Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
