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Definition of Jimmying
1. jimmy [v] - See also: jimmy
Lexicographical Neighbors of Jimmying
Literary usage of Jimmying
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Vagabonding Through Changing Germany by Harry Alverson Franck (1920)
"But I had scarcely expected it to be of use until I had succeeded in jimmying my
way into unoccupied Germany. The Rotterdam section of the Food Commission ..."
2. Today's Short Stories Analyzed: An Informal Encyclopedia of Short Story Art by Robert Wilson Neal (1918)
"So this was Yellow Journalism—jimmying windows and doors, harrying aged women
into their graves! But perhaps, after all, these newspaper chaps were ..."
3. Writing the Photoplay by Joseph Berg Esenwein, Arthur Leeds (1919)
"... act of burglarizing; for instance, the burglar may be shown entering through
an open window, but must not be shown in the act of "jimmying" the window. ..."
4. How to Write for the "movies" by Louella Oettinger Parsons (1915)
"... the burglar may be shown entering through an open window, but must not be
shown "jimmying" the window. He may be shown with his back to the audience, ..."
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