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  • verb Present participle of jemmy.

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Examples

  • You don't try to break into a bank by jemmying the front door.

    Frost at Christmas Wingfield, R. D. 1984

  • The burglar climbed through an open sliding-glass window after jemmying open a security screen in Mr Miller's home in Gillingham Court, Kirwan.

    Townsville Bulletin Latest News 2010

  • The burglar climbed through an open sliding-glass window after jemmying open a security screen in Mr Miller's home in Gillingham Court, Kirwan.

    Townsville Bulletin Latest News 2010

  • 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

  • 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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