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Vinony

jemmy

noun

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Wiktionary

adj

Etymology: From a variant of gim + -y.

  1. Neat; elegant.

    “I was agreeably surprised by seeing my young friend and companion, Robert Pott, driving up the avenue in a very jemmy equipage.”

name

Etymology: From Jem + -y.

  1. A diminutive of the male given name James.

    “Joly Jemmy, [i.e. James IV of Scotland] ye scornefull Scot, Is it come unto your lot A solempne sumner for to be?”

noun

Etymology: From Jemmy, diminutive of James. The verb is from the noun.

  1. A sheep's head used as food.
  2. An immigrant.
  3. A greatcoat.

    “your friend in the green jemmy”

  4. Alternative spelling of jimmy (“crowbar”).

    “Louisa fetched the jemmy, and they approached the house in a line;.”

verb

Etymology: From Jemmy, diminutive of James. The verb is from the noun.

  1. To shoehorn, to cram.

    “two thousand people jemmied into a stadium built for fifteen hundred”

  2. Alternative spelling of jimmy (“open with a crowbar”).