From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
jimmy \jim"my\, noun; pl. {jimmies}. [Rhyming slang: Jimmy Grant, for immigrant. --RHUD] An immigrant. [Australian slang] [PJC]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
jimmy \jim"my\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {jimmied}; p. pr. & vb. n. {jimmying}.] To pry open (a door, window, etc.) with a jimmy or similar device; often used with open; as, the burglar jimmied open the back door and stole the TV set. [PJC]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Jimmy \Jim"my\, noun; pl. {Jimmies}. [Cf. {Jemmy}.] A short crowbar used by burglars in breaking open doors. [Written also {jemmy}.]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
noun
1: a short crowbar; "in England they call a jimmy and jemmy" [syn: {jemmy}]
verb
1: to move or force, especially 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}] [also: {jimmied}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
26 Moby Thesaurus words for "jimmy": bar, beam, boom, cant hook, claw bar, crank, crow, crowbar, get a foothold, get leverage, handspike, iron crow, lever, limb, marlinespike, outrigger, peavey, pedal, pinch bar, prize, pry, ripping bar, spar, treadle, wedge, wrecking bar
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