Jeminy O! a vulgar expression of surprise.
Jemmy, a sheep’s-head.—See [sanguinary James].
Jemmy, a short crowbar, which generally takes to pieces, for the convenience of housebreakers.
Jemmy ducks, the man whose business it is to look after the poultry on board a ship.—Sea.
Jemmy Jessamy, a dandy.
Jemmy-John, a jar for holding liquor; probably a corruption of demi-gallon, by means of DEMI-JOHN.
Jeremiad, a lament; derived, of course, from the Book of Lamentations, written by the Prophet Jeremiah.
Jeremy Diddler, an adept at raising the wind, i.e., at borrowing, especially at borrowing with no intention of repaying. See the farce of Raising the Wind.
Jericho, an improper quarter of Oxford. A lady visitor once writing her name down in the visitors’ book at the Bodleian or elsewhere, for a joke put down her residence as “Jericho,” to the no small disgust of her undergraduate friend.—University.
Jerry, a chamber utensil; abbreviation of JEROBOAM.—Swift.