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Topic: TOOLS

Date: 1800-1900
Origin: From the man's name Jemmy, from James

jemmy

 noun
     
jem‧my British English; jimmy American English plural jemmies [countable]
TZ a short strong metal bar used especially by thieves to break open locked doors, windows etc
—jemmy verb [transitive ]
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