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