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jemmies

jemmies is the plural of jemmy.

Meaning of jemmy

Noun

jemmy (plural jemmies)

  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 jemmy1836 March – 1837 October, Charles Dickens, “(please specify the chapter name)”, in The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1837, →OCLC

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Phrases with jemmies

Questions about jemmies

What is jemmies the plural of?
Jemmies is the plural of jemmy.

Words near jemmies in the dictionary

  1. Jemlah goats
  2. Jemma
  3. Jemmapes
  4. jemmied
  5. jemmier
  6. jemmies
  7. jemmiest
  8. jemmily
  9. jemminess
  10. Jemmott
  11. Jemmotts

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