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Jemmy

adj, name, noun, verb, slang

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Neat; elegant. archaic

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

Proper Noun
  1. 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
  1. 1
    A sheep's head used as food. Ireland, UK, archaic, slang
  2. 2
    a short crowbar wordnet
  3. 3
    An immigrant. Australia, slang
  4. 4
    A greatcoat. obsolete, slang

    "your friend in the green jemmy"

  5. 5
    Alternative spelling of jimmy (“crowbar”). alt-of, alternative

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

Verb
  1. 1
    To shoehorn, to cram.

    "two thousand people jemmied into a stadium built for fifteen hundred"

  2. 2
    Alternative spelling of jimmy (“open with a crowbar”). alt-of, alternative

Etymology

Etymology 1

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

Etymology 2

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

Etymology 3

From a variant of gim + -y.

Etymology 4

From Jem + -y.

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