jimpies

Noun (1)

jimpy (uncountable)

1. A sex-linked mutation in mice that causes severe hypomyelination in males.
   • When cerebellar tissues from normal and Jimpy are grown on the same slide in a common medium, no mutual effects can be observed: the Jimpy does not myelinate, and the normal does not stop myelination.1973, Norbert N. Herschkowitz, “Chapter 4: Genetic Disorders of Brain Development: Animal Models”, in Gerald E. Gaull, editor, Biology of Brain Dysfunction: Volume 2, Plenum Press, page 172

Noun (2)

jimpy (plural jimpies)

1. (slang) A general-purpose machine gun (GPMG).
   • 1985 [Hodder and Stoughton], Terence Strong, Conflict of Lions, 2014, Silver Fox Press, unnumbered page,
     Before they had come to a standstill, the protective cover had come off the powerful twin GPMG ‘jimpies’ mounted in the rear compartment by the laconic Australian, Corporal Kangers Webster.

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