jemmy

noun

1. (Ireland, UK, archaic, slang)A sheep's head used as food.
2. (Australia, slang)An immigrant.
3. (obsolete, slang)A greatcoat.

   “your friend in the green jemmy”

4. (alt-of, alternative)Alternative spelling of jimmy (“crowbar”).

   “Louisa fetched the jemmy, and they approached the house in a line;.”

verb

1. To shoehorn, to cram.

   “two thousand people jemmied into a stadium built for fifteen hundred”

2. (alt-of, alternative)Alternative spelling of jimmy (“open with a crowbar”).

adj

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.”

name

1. A diminutive of the male given name James.

   “Joly Jemmy, [i.e. James IV of Scotland] ye scornefull Scot, Is it come unto your lot A solempne sumner for to be?”