Hypertext Webster Gateway: "jimmy"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Jimmy \Jim"my\, n.; pl. {Jimmies}. [Cf. {Jemmy}.]
A short crowbar used by burglars in breaking open doors.
[Written also {jemmy}.]
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
jimmy
n : a short crowbar; "in England they call a jimmy and jemmy"
[syn: {jemmy}]
v : to move or force, esp. in an effort to get something open;
"The burglar jimmied the lock", "Raccoons managed to pry
the lid off the garbage pail" [syn: {pry}, {prise}, {prize},
{lever}]
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