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jemmy
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jemmy (US), jimmy
a short steel crowbar used, esp by burglars, for forcing doors and windows

crowbar, crow
A steel bar, one end of which is flattened; sometimes slightly bent; used for heavy prying, and as a lever for moving heavy objects.


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Soon after that raid, he struck again, jemmying a window at a house in Gosforth to steal a wallet, while an accomplice drove the victim's Peugeot from the driveway.
Neil said yesterday: "None of the boys wanted to damage the chest by jemmying the brass lock - so I got a screwdriver.
The jemmying open of the transfer window was supposed to herald an influx of new blood to the smallest squad in the Premiership, but thus far we've had one in, one out, and the threat of another one his way.
 
 
 
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