| 单词 | jimmy |
| 例句 | Retrieval had jimmied a hologram lead into the existing electricity sockets and were projecting an unbattered wall over the hole. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z Nearly every afternoon, he commuted home to coach Louie, running alongside him, subduing the jimmying elbows and teaching him strategy. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z A couple other guys came over and yanked on it too, jimmied with their picks, but nobody could totally pull it out. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z Females didn’t bring in half the value of a good-size jimmy. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z We could move it back and forth with our hands and lean it way to the side when we jimmied it from underneath with a pick. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z He just jumped out of the car, glanced into each room he passed, and began to jimmy the door of his choosing. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Where be your gibes now, your gambols, your songs? jimmy snyder. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z A jimmy, a lockpick, glass cutters, screwdrivers, pencil- beam flashlights, false keys . . . and my small arsenal of guns. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z It took her less than a minute to jimmy the lock open. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z Tally retraced her steps to the exact window they’d jimmied, a dirty, forgotten pane of glass concealed behind decorative bushes, and found that it was still unlocked. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z The only thing that makes any sense right then is my smashing jimmy snyder 's face. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z Making sure to jimmy the heater to stay on, I headed back to the Hab. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Cope was caught at one point jimmying open crates that belonged to Marsh. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z She was working away, trying to jimmy loose the catch on a window screen. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z He rose from the ripped sofa and walked to the window, which he jimmied until it screeched open. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z When everyone ran, he followed, churning along with jimmying elbows and dropping far behind. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z “But one man trying to sponge Seabiscuit would have about as much chance as a kindergarten kid trying to jimmy his way into the United States mint with a fountain pen.” Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z She jimmied her window open and crawled inside. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z I smash it against jimmy snyder 's head, and I smash it again. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z The window is open a bit, so I jimmy it wider and climb in. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z I pull out the calibration tool and jimmy it under the lower edge of the cover. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z All the other seats are jimmied into blind alleys and passageways around the open kitchen. Filipino Food Worth the Wait at Bad Saint in Washington 2016-11-29T05:00:00Z Yet the facts, figures and folklore never feel jimmied in; the exchange of information among the characters is fluid and always appropriate to the circumstances. Review: An Elephant’s Ghost Stalks the World in ‘Mlima’s Tale’ 2018-04-15T04:00:00Z Another time, when our father wasn’t home, he apparently jimmied the lock with a credit card and grabbed an old checkbook for a closed account. My Brother Tom’s Schizophrenia 2019-05-20T04:00:00Z But here, the elements seem to have come from different jigsaw puzzles, and the pieces feel jimmied into place. Blythe Danner Stars in ‘The Country House’ 2014-10-02T04:00:00Z And the Sabine material, jimmied into an art history class, feels for most of the play like footnotes. Review: Sexual Assault as Both History Lesson and Satire 2017-09-10T04:00:00Z When those songs are stripped from their jimmied narratives and returned to their native format as recordings, they devolve into something peculiar: greatest hits tribute albums. How Do You Measure a Season on Broadway? In Cast Albums. 2023-01-19T05:00:00Z But there were no keys, and the first archivist Ms. Bingham met did not have the authority to permit her to jimmy the locks. Henrietta Bingham’s Jazz Age Life 2015-06-05T04:00:00Z But in jimmying the original into a more serious musical format as it proceeds, it achieves only a middling geniality. Review: Sarah Silverman’s ‘Bedwetter’ Musical Has Sprung a Leak 2022-06-07T04:00:00Z It wasn’t really a cop show — or rather, it used that genre as a crowbar to jimmy open doors other cop shows didn’t enter: labor, education, media criticism. ‘The Wire’ Stands Alone 2022-06-02T04:00:00Z The legislation, which was introduced by assemblyman Isadore Hall, III allows for the use of a little movie magic in the concealing of jimmy hats and other precautionary material. Porn stars rage against California’s safe-sex bill 2014-05-23T04:00:00Z Mercifully, the show mostly avoids the usual jukebox pitfall of jimmying in songs to reflect the plot in literal ways. Review: An All-Star Team in the Temptations Musical ‘Ain’t Too Proud’ 2019-03-22T04:00:00Z Mr. Love’s website is emblazoned with jimmied logos of sportswear brands like Nike and Adidas. Health Goth: When Darkness and Gym Rats Meet 2014-12-10T05:00:00Z He is a prop, there merely to jimmy Abasiama into conflict with forces he has nothing to do with: the deceased Disciple and the noisy house itself. Review: For These African Immigrants, Life Is a Haunted House 2019-09-23T04:00:00Z And the exposure of a secret romance feels jimmied into place. Review: Marin Ireland Brings Down the Halfway House in ‘Blue Ridge’ 2019-01-08T05:00:00Z A ground crew member had managed to jimmy the window open, passenger Matt Rexroad told FOX5SanDiego.com. Southwest Airlines pilot climbs into cockpit window after being locked out of flight deck 2023-05-27T04:00:00Z Mr. Hamilton turned to Mr. Stuart: “The jimmy!” Ian Hamilton, 97, Who Stole a Scottish Relic from Westminster Abbey, Dies 2022-10-22T04:00:00Z Your work friend seems to be jimmying a window open. Perspective | Ask Amy: Married man questions platonic friend’s intentions 2022-01-04T05:00:00Z “I wasn’t really thinking about the fight at the time,” Forsyth said of his moments jimmying his way into the FBI office. Perspective | The Ali-Frazier 1971 ‘Fight of the Century’ provided cover for a mission to expose the FBI 2021-03-07T05:00:00Z “Unfortunately, inside of our system in certain units, our detainees have the ability to jimmy their locks,” Edwards said. St. Louis jail tensions ‘boiled over’ amid COVID-19 worries 2021-02-17T05:00:00Z In their video, posted Friday, the structure is jimmied into place under cover of darkness while one man shouts, “You can’t bring me down!” California men declare themselves makers of Pine Mountain monolith(s) 2020-12-07T05:00:00Z “You sort of know that when you take a crowbar to a side door of Westminster Abbey and jimmy the lock that there really isn’t any going back, don’t you?” Ian Hamilton, 97, Who Stole a Scottish Relic from Westminster Abbey, Dies 2022-10-22T04:00:00Z "I want Mike to win, I think he'd be a better congressman, but I don't want to 'jimmy' the election," Parris added. Top House Republican issues 'call to arms' about Dems trying to 'steal' Calif. election; Trump joins effort 2020-05-09T04:00:00Z Their minds still flash back a month to the sound of the thud on the bathroom floor and to jimmying open the door with a butter knife. Getting people into rehab can be hard. Try doing it during the coronavirus crisis 2020-04-24T04:00:00Z “Imagine the idea of the American government convincing a foreign manufacturer to jimmy equipment in its favor,” the history says. ‘The intelligence coup of the century’: For decades, the CIA read the encrypted communications of allies and adversaries 2020-02-11T05:00:00Z They peered at the famous door that was jimmied during the Watergate burglary. As the Newseum closes its doors, pieces of history and human remains to find a new resting place 2019-12-31T05:00:00Z They pushed and jimmied it until they were able to lift it and carry it for a yard before realizing that it was too heavy to take any further. Ian Hamilton, 97, Who Stole a Scottish Relic from Westminster Abbey, Dies 2022-10-22T04:00:00Z "Surprised jimmy fallon didn't tousle this mf's hair," said a user. 'Tonight Show' and Jimmy Fallon slammed for allowing Morrissey to wear far-right pin 2019-05-15T04:00:00Z Agents jimmied open the door and rescued the two Brazilians from the car’s trunk, according to court documents filed in the case. Cody Michael Matousek, Aryan Brotherhood member, pleads guilty to immigrant smuggling in Texas 2019-03-27T04:00:00Z They quickly jimmied the door open, popped the trunk and rescued a Brazilian couple, boyfriend and girlfriend, who’d paid $20,000 a piece to be smuggled to New York. Aryan Brotherhood, Mexican cartels smuggling illegal immigrants into U.S. 2019-02-27T05:00:00Z The whole scene gives me a sense of déjà vu, right up to when we have to jimmy the door open. A more human AI helps an island nation battle hurricanes 2019-01-23T05:00:00Z I broke it down and fashioned a jimmy. One Mother to Another 2018-03-26T04:00:00Z If you got owned, that meant some hacker jimmied the lock on a virtual back door, snooped around your property and rifled through your stuff. None of Us Are Safe From Getting ‘Owned’ 2017-03-28T04:00:00Z He sneaked outside with friends and smoked from a pipe jimmied into a Gatorade bottle. Haunted by parents’ murder-suicide, he OD’d at 19 2016-12-17T05:00:00Z Above, the Democratic National Convention’s hacked server on a table in the organization’s basement, next to a reminder of a past breach: a filing cabinet jimmied in the Watergate burglary of its offices in 1972. Aleppo, Rex Tillerson, Donald Trump: Your Wednesday Briefing 2016-12-14T05:00:00Z Above, the D.N.C.’s hacked server on a table in the organization’s basement, next to a filing cabinet jimmied in the Watergate burglary of its offices. Rex Tillerson, Aleppo, Donald Trump: Your Evening Briefing 2016-12-13T05:00:00Z Without a trace of fondness, forward Jay Beagle remembers battling Oshie in the corners, trying to jimmy the puck free. Capitals Hope Justin Williams Is the Charm to End Their Playoff Hex 2016-04-12T04:00:00Z A friend lost the key to her storage cabinet, and I jimmied it with a credit card. I know how to use a hammer. So why do I let my husband do everything around the house? 2016-01-14T05:00:00Z Mr. Baugh went to work, officials said, backing his truck up, jimmying the offending vehicle’s window and hastily removing the S.U.V. — with 15 seconds to spare. 7 Lives Intersecting With Pope Francis’ 2015-09-17T04:00:00Z After he jimmied the lock with a knife, she scratched his chest with her fingernails. The right to bury the (online) past 2015-09-13T04:00:00Z Thieves broke into the wine room at the storied Napa Valley restaurant on Christmas Day, jimmied a door and stole 76 bottles of rare wine, worth up to $15,000 a bottle. French Laundry burglary: 'It's only wine,' owner says 2014-12-31T05:00:00Z The thieves, who jimmied a door at the wine room on the property, obviously knew exactly what they were going for. Thieves steal over $300,000 worth of wine from French Laundry restaurant 2014-12-30T05:00:00Z How did the Celeb Credit Leaker jimmy the lock to get in? How A Leaker Got Access To Celebs' Credit Reports 2013-03-12T23:27:56Z He then gained notoriety in southern Nevada when he jimmied every Cox Cable box in Clark County to show Fox News from 7 to 11 p.m. College football coaches are the latest to get early starts 2012-09-23T15:45:03Z There was nothing else; no concealed jimmy, no "tools" of any description. Out of a Labyrinth 2012-02-17T03:00:38.887Z He, then 19, was jimmying the driver’s side window with a coat hanger, having locked his keys inside. The Neediest Cases: Love at First Sight, and No Shortage of Struggles Since Then 2012-02-09T04:53:16Z "All of these habitats are jimmied together, and they can add up to a really special resource for pollinators." Insects and the city 2011-08-02T04:05:33Z There he jimmied a window with his pocket knife and got it opened, only to have it fall on his neck when he was about half-way in. Conscript 2989 Experiences of a Drafted Man 2011-07-26T02:00:15.197Z Quick, bring me a hammer and an ax and a jimmy!” The Camp Fire Girls on the Open Road or, Glorify Work 2011-06-23T02:00:25.403Z Nothing less than a crowbar or a burglar’s jimmy could have forced that door. The Corner House Girls' Odd Find Where they made it, and What the Strange Discovery led to 2011-05-31T02:00:34.950Z CHINO, Calif. — The basketball hoops jimmied up to the ceiling prove that this dingy space was a gym once upon a time. In a California Prison, Bunk Beds Replace Pickup Games 2011-05-25T03:10:54Z Say you drop your wallet and I hold you back and say jimmy here takes money from your wallet not all but some, while you sit there and watch. Sony Scandal: PlayStation Network Down for Fifth Day 2011-04-25T23:19:40Z He was good at picking such picayune locks; the concentration camp on the Isle of Pines was full of native fascists whose careers ended when Eduardo jimmied open the locks that protected their secrets. The Five Arrows 2011-04-21T02:00:45.940Z If only Red Vallon and the Pippin did not fail, then— The steel jimmy, almost perfunctorily, tapped over the same board again; and then Billy Kane suddenly bent lower, his ear close to the floor. Doors of the Night 2011-04-12T02:00:23.287Z The new research suggests the same may be true of the syndrome, famously referred to as "the jimmy legs" in an old "Seinfeld" episode. Study: Restless legs may be a sign of heart risks 2011-04-03T21:31:05Z Again, if one sells to a burglar a "jimmy," a dark lantern, a mask, a revolver, and explosives, the coöperation is definite, since the circumstances indicate that robbery is contemplated. Moral Theology A Complete Course Based on St. Thomas Aquinas and the Best Modern Authorities 2011-02-24T03:00:54.237Z A video recording played at the press conference showed a potential landlord showing an apartment, which the city claims was not a legal dwelling, by jimmying a door open with screwdrivers. City Says Investigation Uncovers Illegal Apartments 2010-09-23T19:25:00Z No sign of outside tampering or jimmy work. Whispering Wires He resumed his work, tapping with infinite pains with the butt of his steel jimmy on board after board of the flooring. Doors of the Night 2011-04-12T02:00:23.287Z The open window and the burglar's jimmy found lying on the floor of the study, being only so many proofs, to his mind, of your deep calculation and great duplicity. X Y Z A Detective Story Mr. Matthews," Joe said solemnly, "this here crankshaft has been jimmied up just as much as it's ever going to get jimmied. The Year When Stardust Fell “Someone’s pried the drawer open with a jimmy,” he declared. Janet Hardy in Radio City Clothes were to them what a jimmy is to a burglar. The Social Gangster Well, his steel jimmy would soon settle that! Doors of the Night 2011-04-12T02:00:23.287Z You look as if a policeman had caught you with a jimmy in your hip-pocket. A Top-Floor Idyl We must get her out of this place at once—if we have to break out with a jimmy. John Marsh's Millions He succeeded in this, though in his effort he dropped the jimmy. The Blind Man's Eyes The lock proved a trifle in the nip of his powerful jimmy.... Where the Pavement Ends In an instant he had the board and bed back in place, and the steel jimmy in his pocket. Doors of the Night 2011-04-12T02:00:23.287Z The man inserted the sharp end of the jimmy between the lid and the upper shelf of the desk. The Girls of Hillcrest Farm The Secret of the Rocks Finally, he said, "Do you know what the penalty is for jimmying the Tabulator to influence voting?" The House from Nowhere He drew his pistol, and loosing the safety, he made it ready to fire; with his left hand, he clung to the short, heavy jimmy. The Blind Man's Eyes It had been a quick, imperfect job of jimmying the lock, so obviously poor that it had worried him a lot—but why should they test it? Martyr The steel jimmy tapped with persistent inquisitiveness along another board. Doors of the Night 2011-04-12T02:00:23.287Z The jimmy dropped from Spink’s hand and clattered on the floor. The Girls of Hillcrest Farm The Secret of the Rocks An outside thief would have had a skeleton key, or simply pried it open with a jimmy. The Rushton Boys at Rally Hall Or, Great Days in School and Out He looked up, over his shoulder, and saw that the jimmy had completed its task. Fire Mountain A Thrilling Sea Story With a jimmy pinched between the sash and the sill, a recurring pressure starts the latch back; nothing to hold it. The Million-Dollar Suitcase He worked on, his ear attuned to the sound as the steel jimmy tapped the flooring, his mind feverishly, insistently active. Doors of the Night 2011-04-12T02:00:23.287Z He didn’t even stop to pick up the jimmy. The Girls of Hillcrest Farm The Secret of the Rocks They went at each other like peeved wildcats and the bell at the end of the first round only seemed to annoy 'em—they had to be jimmied apart. Kid Scanlan “I know because of the marks his jimmy made on the sill.” Philo Gubb, Correspondence-School Detective In addition, a real burglar presently jimmied his way in, caught Walter in the act of rifling his own safe, and forthwith assaulted him. Nobody “It is a wonder the fellow didn’t jimmy Frank’s safe and get the emerald necklace, without waiting so long for the safe to be opened,” he said, in a moment. Boy Scouts in the Canal Zone The Plot Against Uncle Sam Last night my sister caught him in the east wing, trying to break open grandfather’s desk with a burglar’s jimmy. The Girls of Hillcrest Farm The Secret of the Rocks He’s sunk his fangs in the business he’s been after all his life, and now you couldn’t pry it away from him with a jimmy. The Making of Bobby Burnit Being a Record of the Adventures of a Live American Young Man The "jimmy" which the lawyer had brought him was the "trust." Frenzied Finance Vol. 1: The Crime of Amalgamated You have no idea how much misapplied talent goes roaming about of nights with a jimmy and a dark lantern. The Diamond Coterie To think of women going about nights with a jimmy and a dark lantern, and opening doors, or windows, and sneaking about rooms, is degrading. Peck's Sunshine Being a Collection of Articles Written for Peck's Sun, Milwaukee, Wis. - 1882 Now she began to see the other Kind; the Kind that Wears a Cutaway, with a White Flower, in the Morning, a Frock, with Violets, in the Afternoon, and a jimmy little Tuxedo at Night. Fables in Slang It took him several minutes to jimmy open the elevator door. What The Left Hand Was Doing What was still better, this magic "jimmy" was also a license to enter upon and take possession of others' properties and use them for his own benefit. Frenzied Finance Vol. 1: The Crime of Amalgamated It went together with a sharp click and proved to be a burglar’s “jimmy” of the most approved pattern. A Little Miss Nobody Or, With the Girls of Pinewood Hall And where it will be at the mercy of the first man with a jimmy and a blow lamp. Men of Affairs She wore a broad-brimmed jimmy hat and an old gingham dress faded to a soft mellowed pink. The Motor Maids at Sunrise Camp He jimmied the timer on the rocket motor so it would fire to the last drop. Far from Home Two were trying the effect of the "jimmy" on the heavy iron-bound door, while a third, the wounded one, though he could no longer stand, still took part in the siege, notwithstanding his wounds. Debts of Honor From its present defiant attitude in a cooked form we figured it had pipped the shell with a burglar's jimmy and joined the Dominecker Kid's gang before it shed its pin-feathers. From Place to Place "Got a scalin' ladder and a jimmy in your pocket?" says I. "Then I'll have to run around to a three ball exchange and see if I can't dig up an outfit." Shorty McCabe Beethoven was of too simple and guileless a nature to aid his fortunes with the help of any social jimmy, but241 we see he was soon in the full tide of local popularity. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 14 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Musicians Their favorite instrument is a “jimmy,” or short iron bar with a sharp end. Lights and Shadows of New York Life or, the Sights and Sensations of the Great City The man with the uplifted jimmy went down before a blow from the Kansan's fist, and the other was hurled aside. Frank Merriwell's Reward He was caught before he had succeeded in 'jimmying' the door, so that the letter must have been delivered at the Collins house. The Substitute Prisoner As a matter of burglarious fact it was a jimmy of fineness and finish. The President A novel Money may use its jimmy to break into the Upper Circles; but to Beauty, Grace and Talent that does not shiver nor shrink, all doors fly open. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 14 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Musicians If you was to meet a burglar coming into the store at midnight with a jimmy and a dark lantern, Mawruss, I suppose you'd volunteer to give him the combination of the safe. Potash & Perlmutter Their Copartnership Ventures and Adventures Merriwell wheeled with lightning quickness to meet the man with the threatening jimmy. Frank Merriwell's Reward The crime unquestionably was an outside job; the window opening on the fire-escape had been jimmied, the marks left being clearly visible. The Strange Case of Cavendish My particular jimmy legs was so glad to see me back that he almost cried as he thrust a broom and a swab into my hands. Biltmore Oswald The Diary of a Hapless Recruit By jimmy, Mr. Burke!" said the lieutenant, laughing, "you've got a way of your own of popping up at odd times and in odd places. In Clive's Command A Story of the Fight for India Nevertheless," said the Butterfly Man to me, complacently, "that's the little jimmy that's going to grow up and crack some fat cribs. Slippy McGee, Sometimes Known as the Butterfly Man Fairfax Lee was still putting up a stiff fight, and the jimmy flashed in the air. Frank Merriwell's Reward The Hopper possessed himself also of a jimmy and an electric lamp. A Reversible Santa Claus This was just a little out of the line of duty for the jimmy legs, and I can't say as I blame him for his conduct under rather trying circumstances. Biltmore Oswald The Diary of a Hapless Recruit When the Church began again, a hundred years ago, to enter the great heathen world, it had to use pick and axe, jimmy and chisel. Quiet Talks with World Winners And he couldn't break into that world with a jimmy. Slippy McGee, Sometimes Known as the Butterfly Man Then the jimmy descended, and though the Westerner tried to knock the blow aside, his arm was beaten down, and the jimmy fell on his head with crushing force. Frank Merriwell's Reward It sounds good," Bunch acquiesced, "and I'll give you an imitation of the best little amateur cracksman that ever swung a jimmy. Back to the Woods Finally we jimmied open the back door of this garage, just to find out whether those guys had a car out here, or not. The Case and the Girl Rob a miser's safe and he's broke; but you can't break a big merchant with a jimmy and a stick of dynamite. Old Gorgon Graham More Letters from a Self-Made Merchant to His Son The sergeant examined the bag with an appreciative grin, which broadened as his colleague lifted out a brace, a pad of bits, a folding jimmy and a few other trifles. The Uttermost Farthing A Savant's Vendetta One had drawn a knife and the other had the jimmy. Frank Merriwell's Reward Presently he put down his pack, went to a window and, quick and silent as an expert burglar, jimmied the sash. Radio Boys Cronies Or, Bill Brown's Radio It had been this way for months now—ever since the night the policeman had found him, the "jimmy" dropped from his hands, in the alley. The Sky Line of Spruce A jimmy had been pushed between the frame and the door near the bolt, and the door had been pried open, the bolt being torn away from the screws in the operation. Martin Hewitt, Investigator Next moment I saw the door wide open, and Raffles standing within and beckoning me with a jimmy. The Amateur Cracksman Much of the noise was made by a lot of tickey-tailed little politicians who have no more religion than a rabbit, but who were trying to open a popular jack-pot with a jimmy. Brann the Iconoclast — Volume 10 "Say!" said Billy, with enthusiasm, "I never thought I'd be even in the same room with one of that family, 'less I prized open the door with a jimmy." The Spenders A Tale of the Third Generation And he passed me his pocket jimmy as naturally as another would have handed over a bunch of keys. Mr. Justice Raffles And why, if he were a stranger, was he able to plant his jimmy from the outside just exactly opposite the interior bolt? Martin Hewitt, Investigator He tested it, found it locked—and the steel jimmy crept in under the sash. The Further Adventures of Jimmie Dale It stood ajar an inch or two, its splintered lock accounted for by a small but extremely efficient jointed steel jimmy which lay near the threshold. The Lone Wolf A Melodrama I knew what it meant, what they were thinking—that the "Bucket-Shop King," as the newspapers had dubbed me, was trying to use old Ellersly's necessities as a "jimmy" and "break into society." The Deluge His lean wrist was stretched out of a ragged sleeve all too short, and his tattered "jimmy" was shoved back over a face all a-grin. The Call of the Cumberlands When James Barlow first reached this house he tried his jimmy on one of the shutters in this main building, but he could not open it. The Stories of the Three Burglars A steel jimmy loosened the shutters, and they swung apart with out a sound. The Further Adventures of Jimmie Dale He forced the lock with a small jimmy, and experienced a great pleasure in handling those gold and silver ornaments, those exquisite and delicate works of art. The Extraordinary Adventures of Arsene Lupin, Gentleman-Burglar He can't any more preach a good sermon when he is lit up than a burglar can crack a safe or jimmy a window if he tanks up beforehand. West Wind Drift Pushed well to the back of his head was a battered straw hat, of the sort rurally known as the "ten-cent jimmy." The Call of the Cumberlands As he rose she naively displayed a jimmy and two flashlights. In Secret A jimmy found and nosed its way into the joint between two panels. The Further Adventures of Jimmie Dale He remembered the "jimmy"—yet this would betray him, by the broken lock! The Voice on the Wire Why, with this jimmy, even a woman can exert a pressure of a ton or so. Constance Dunlap "Scientific jimmying," gasped Garrick, as the door bulged more and more and seemed almost to threaten to topple in at any moment. Guy Garrick "Will you please give me the jimmy, Vaux?" In Secret The drawer had been forced by a jimmy of some sort, judging from the indentations in the wood. The Further Adventures of Jimmie Dale There, plainly, were marks of a jimmy which had been inserted near the lock to pry it open. The Exploits of Elaine The test is made by inserting the end of a jimmy or other burglar's tool and endeavouring to produce impressions similar to those which have been found on doors or windows. The Ear in the Wall So you decided to jimmy her into society, eh! The Auction Block To jimmy the glass door was the swiftly cautious work of a moment or two. In Secret It was the work of only a moment for him to break the lock with a pocket jimmy. The Romance of Elaine Sequel to "Exploits of Elaine" He had discovered a false back of one of the drawers in the desk and had jimmied it open. The War Terror The marks made in breaking the lock were not those of a jimmy, but of a screwdriver. The Ear in the Wall With a jimmy eighteen inches long even an anaemic burglar can exert a pressure sufficient to lift two tons. The Dream Doctor She stooped over for a rapid survey, then with incredible swiftness jimmied the shop door. In Secret He pulled a sectional jimmy from his coat and forced it open. The Romance of Elaine Sequel to "Exploits of Elaine" Of course, they don’t go out and frisk any one and they don’t work with a jimmy or a bottle of soup. The Efficiency Expert With a jimmy eighteen inches long, even an anemic burglar can exert a pressure sufficient to lift two tons. The Ear in the Wall As a friend of mine picturesquely phrased it, I "had to break into the organization with a jimmy." Theodore Roosevelt; an Autobiography Oh, Lord!" said Vaux, "we jimmied the door. In Secret It had been jimmied open in the few minutes while she was down-stairs. The Romance of Elaine Sequel to "Exploits of Elaine" Then he pried off the door of the interior compartment which had been jimmied open. The Silent Bullet Well, if you ain't—By jimmy! you wait till I get at him! The Depot Master When a No. 1 burglar tries to make a James out of his jimmy he perpetrates an improfundity. The Gentle Grafter Suppose you were the wife of the gentlemanly lawyer-thief who robbed me, using the law instead of a jimmy—would you bother your little head about my business? The Foolish Virgin The jimmy was thrust back into position, and: "Stand clear!" cried Burton. Dope "Perhaps we may learn something by looking at this door and studying the marks left by the jimmy, by means of this new instrument of mine," he said. The Silent Bullet Just listen to this: It's P.A. that jams such joy in jimmy pipes. Babbitt He stoops over to brush the dust off his clothes, when out of his pocket drops a fine, nine-inch burglar's steel jimmy. The Gentle Grafter He taught you how to paint your fingers with a rubber composition, how to use an electric drill, how to use the old-fashioned jimmy. The Silent Bullet Fletcher swung the door wide, and pointed to a little compartment inside, whose steel door had been jimmied open. The Silent Bullet Kennedy nodded and continued to examine the place where the compartment had been jimmied. The Silent Bullet Why—packed with Prince Albert you can play a joy'us jimmy straight across the boards! Babbitt That put it up to the man with the jimmy. The Gentle Grafter Then he took a jimmy and pressed on it with all his strength. The Silent Bullet |
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