Definition of "jemmy" in İngilizce

noun

1. (archaic, UK, Ireland, slang) A sheep's head used as food.

2. (Australia, slang) An immigrant.

3. (obsolete, slang) A greatcoat.

4. Alternative spelling of jimmy (“crowbar”).

verb

1. To shoehorn, to cram.

   • two thousand people jemmied into a stadium built for fifteen hundred

2. Alternative spelling of jimmy (“open with a crowbar”).

adjective

1. (archaic) Neat; elegant.

   • I was agreeably surprised by seeing my young friend and companion, Robert Pott, driving up the avenue in a very jemmy equipage.