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- verb Present participle of
jemmy .
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Examples
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You don't try to break into a bank by jemmying the front door.
Frost at Christmas Wingfield, R. D. 1984
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The burglar climbed through an open sliding-glass window after jemmying open a security screen in Mr Miller's home in Gillingham Court, Kirwan.
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The burglar climbed through an open sliding-glass window after jemmying open a security screen in Mr Miller's home in Gillingham Court, Kirwan.
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Cos I work most nights until three or four in the morning, there was always some bastard jemmying the padlock off the doors: kids, dossers.
Above Suspicion Lynda La Plante 2004
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Cos I work most nights until three or four in the morning, there was always some bastard jemmying the padlock off the doors: kids, dossers.
Above Suspicion Lynda La Plante 2004
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