| 单词 | jemmy |
| 例句 | Bunton said that he hadn't carried a jemmy and if the toilet window had been shut he would have had to give up. Revealed: 1961 Goya 'theft' from National Gallery was a family affair 2012-11-30T15:33:32Z While Kay waited in the car, the men went up to the Poet's Corner door to try to jemmy it open. The students who stole the Stone of Destiny 2022-10-05T04:00:00Z Betty, bet′ti, n. a man who troubles himself with the women's work in a household: a slang name for a burglar's jemmy or jenny. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) 2011-10-11T02:01:08.990Z The door had been wrenched open with a jemmy, and had simply been pulled to on the departure of the intruders. The Duke Decides 2011-09-14T02:00:47.307Z A man outside a house in the early hours of the morning, armed with a dark lantern and a jemmy, may have no desire to commit a burglary. Determinism or Free-Will? 2011-09-10T02:00:27.557Z These keys, Mr. Edenborough"—and he tore the unfinished prescription into little bits—"gold or silver, they are not keys at all, but burglars' jemmies that injure and vitiate the chambers they break into. The Crime Doctor 2011-09-09T02:01:05.570Z Josh forced the wedge end of the jemmy through the jamb, splintering the perished wood of the frame, and, with a push, forced the striking-box of the lock off its screws. A Child of the Jago 2011-08-05T02:00:52.533Z That wing, therefore, of the college must be held against all comers, while with chisel and file, jemmy and dynamite the "expropriators" were busy with their task. A Tatter of Scarlet Adventurous Episodes of the Commune in the Midi 1871 2011-08-04T02:00:19.957Z And so are they, jemmies, cold chisels, skeleton keys—in short, every implement of the cracksman's calling. Gwen Wynn 2011-04-09T02:00:12.230Z And so are they, jemmies, cold chisels, skeleton keys—in short, every implement of the cracksman’s calling. Gwen Wynn A Romance of the Wye 2011-02-09T03:00:45.007Z "Perhaps my penknife will serve as a 'jemmy'." The Jolliest Term on Record A Story of School Life Bill Rann strained the door open from below, the jemmy entered readily, and in a few seconds the top bolt was in like case with the bottom. A Child of the Jago 2011-08-05T02:00:52.533Z Dubois hit you over the head with a jemmy, and by Jove! it's a mercy you weren't killed. Spies of the Kaiser Plotting the Downfall of England He is shown jemmies, coining implements, shop-lifting devices, and the latest word in the march of scientific burglary—the oxy-acetylene apparatus. Scotland Yard The methods and organisation of the Metropolitan Police But now he was drenched to the skin, and the rain had damaged a new pair of jemmy boots which he was wearing. The Red River Colony A Chronicle of the Beginnings of Manitoba We had made arrangements for home manufacture to supplant the alien jemmy. Punch or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, October 21, 1914 From a chest he took a tool which Charles Rambert, who had had some intimate experience of late with the light-fingered community, immediately recognised as a jemmy. Fantômas Ray had handed me his jemmy, and with it I broke open the second door of the empty place, flashing a light with the electric torch I carried. Spies of the Kaiser Plotting the Downfall of England In a corner of one room in Scotland Yard is piled a miscellaneous heap of thieves' equipment—jemmies, chisels, scientific safe-breaking implements, and other oddments. Scotland Yard The methods and organisation of the Metropolitan Police He opened a small black bag and produced a dark lantern, a coil of strong silk rope, and a small but serviceable jemmy. Once a Week The implement by which the burglar earns his daily bread is now called a jemmy, but in the 17th century we also find bess and betty. The Romance of Words (4th ed.) Take hold of that," said Juve, and as Charles took it in his hand he added: "Now put the jemmy into this groove, and press with all your force. Fantômas "Yes," I replied, opening the well-worn leather brief bag which I carried, and displaying a dark lantern, a coil of strong silk rope, and a small but serviceable jemmy. Spies of the Kaiser Plotting the Downfall of England Here he is shown the different types of jemmies, and bars of steel so fashioned that they may be used as chisels or levers. Scotland Yard The methods and organisation of the Metropolitan Police Thus he will rhyme you off a ballad, and to break the secret of that ballad you have to take to yourself a dark lantern and a case of jemmies. Views and Reviews Essays in appreciation It was a jemmy of finely tempered steel gracefully curved at one end. The Grell Mystery I hope, though, that Michael never had half the trouble finding his paints and brushes that Nick had to get at his tommies and jemmies, and dozens of strange little instruments. Set in Silver There were two crow-bars and a jemmy, not to mention a flogging hammer, a rip saw, some monstrous big chisels and a shipwright's mallet. Great Sea Stories A man recently arrested in Dublin was found to have in his possession a loaded revolver, three sticks of gelignite, four lengths of fuse, a number of detonators and a jemmy. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 1920-01-21 It is not surprising to learn, following the Police Union meeting, that the burglars have decided to "down jemmies" unless the eight-hour night is conceded. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, January 29, 1919 The superintendent gripped his jemmy tightly and turned towards the dirty stairs. The Grell Mystery "They've been at work, you see," whispered one of the constables, flashing his lantern on to the iron-bound outer door of our sitting-room, on which the marks of a large jemmy were plainly visible. John Thorndyke's Cases related by Christopher Jervis and edited by R. Austin Freeman I fondly gaze on his jemmy, and Grow timid and quite afraid. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 101, September 12, 1891 "Do forgive me, but the thought of you with a jemmy and a dark lantern is so funny." Penny Plain Artillery is the war burglar's jemmy; but it has to batter the house into ruins and blow up the safe and kill most of the family before the burglar can enter. My Year of the War Including an Account of Experiences with the Troops in France and the Record of a Visit to the Grand Fleet Which is Here Given for the First Time in its Complete Form Foyle had dropped his jemmy and his hand closed over his pistol. The Grell Mystery He slipped his hand inside his captive's coat, and adroitly fished out a large, folding jemmy; whereupon the discomforted burglar abandoned all further protest. John Thorndyke's Cases related by Christopher Jervis and edited by R. Austin Freeman My coat, cut in the jemmy fashion, I buttoned to suffocation; but 'pon honour, believe me, sir, no stays, and my shirt neck had been starched per order, to the consistence of tin. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 12, No. 339, November 8, 1828 The suppression of economic knowledge, disastrous as it is, is quite intelligible, its corrupt motive being as clear as the motive of a burglar for concealing his jemmy from a policeman. Treatise on Parents and Children "Who are you?" he demanded, as stiffly as if I had broken in at the veranda window with a jemmy. My Year of the War Including an Account of Experiences with the Troops in France and the Record of a Visit to the Grand Fleet Which is Here Given for the First Time in its Complete Form Other things than clothes found a place in its depths, among them a jemmy, some putty, and a glazier's diamond. The Grell Mystery These tools consisted of ten in all—a skeleton key, two pick-locks, a centre-bit, gimlet, gouge, chisel, vice jemmy and knife; a portable ladder, a revolver and life preserver completed his equipment. A Book of Remarkable Criminals Among the things were three pistols, two "jemmies," some curious little bottles, and some queer-looking implements I couldn't guess the use of. The Four Faces A Mystery You don't know a joke from a jemmy, Bill. Stephen Archer and Other Tales Smart society gave the run of its houses sometimes to gentry who were used to getting the run of that kind of houses by lifting a window with a jemmy on a dark night. My Year of the War Including an Account of Experiences with the Troops in France and the Record of a Visit to the Grand Fleet Which is Here Given for the First Time in its Complete Form Ah, little chick!" cried he, "got to you again! soon out jostle those jemmy sparks! Cecilia; Or, Memoirs of an Heiress — Volume 2 His cockle hat and staff transformed to a smart cockd beaver and a jemmy cane, his amice gray to the last Regent Street cut, and his painful Palmer's pace to the modern swagger. The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 6 Letters 1821-1842 He had been hit upon the back of the head with some heavy implement—probably a "jemmy" the police said when the wound, with the wounds upon the forehead, had been examined beneath a microscope. The Four Faces A Mystery The jemmy found in the flat fits the mark made in the window at Riversbrook, and we've got something more—another witness who saw him in Tanton Gardens about the time of the murder. The Hampstead Mystery Ergo, the apostle of the jemmy and the skeleton key must still be in the house. The Head of Kay's Where would be all this fine crockery work for your breakfast? you might pop your head under a pump, or drink out of your own paw; what would you do for that fine jemmy tye? Cecilia; Or, Memoirs of an Heiress — Volume 2 He opens the bag and takes out a bunch of keys, a small paper parcel, and a black implement that may be a burglar's jemmy. What Every Woman Knows All right, hand down the jemmy; every thing is in proper order, give me the crow. 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue He produced a jemmy which he had found at Fanning's flat, and said that it fitted the marks on the window at Riversbrook which had been forced on the night of the 18th of August. The Hampstead Mystery By merely sounding along the wall we discovered the door; it was cleverly constructed and for a time defied our efforts; but Jerome got it open by means of a jemmy and a pick. The Blind Spot "Bust de catch wit' me jemmy," he whispered, shamefacedly. The Intrusion of Jimmy His next action shows that the 'jemmy' is really a ruler. What Every Woman Knows The son he had described as an engineer came quickly to the bureau, fitting together as he came the two halves of a small jemmy. Arsene Lupin Bring with you a jemmy, a dark lantern, a chisel, and a revolver. The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans The door of the third attic was locked, but by aid of the jemmy he still carried, he forced it open without difficulty. The Bittermeads Mystery He chooses the occasion of his deeds with as scrupulous a care as he examines his formidable crowbars and jemmies. A Book of Scoundrels In one hand he held the ugly-looking jemmy he had taken from the burglar, and the new clothes he had donned, ill-fitting and soiled, served to accentuate the ungainliness of his form. The Bittermeads Mystery His build was heavy and powerful and near by, where he had dropped it when he fell, lay the jemmy with which he had struck at Dunn. The Bittermeads Mystery |
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