Jimmy

Definition of Jimmy

Jim´my
n.1.A short crowbar used by burglars in breaking open doors.
1.An immigrant.
v. t.1.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.
[imp. & p. p. jimmied ; p. pr. & vb. n. jimmying .]

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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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