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jimmy

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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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The other prodigy Jimmy told us about was the younger son of a chief, who, although but just turned of ten, had entered upon holy orders, because his superstitious countrymen thought him especially intended for the priesthood from the fact of his having a comb on his head like a rooster.
Typee by Melville, Herman View in context
So Anna always made Jimmy Burns take her by Maggie's house every Saturday night so that her friend could go to the dance with them.
The Four Million by Henry, O. View in context
I don't think I got on much; but Jimmy did, and every one loved him.
An Old-Fashioned Girl by Alcott, Louisa May View in context
 
 
 
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