had been jemmying
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This word may also be spelled "jimmy."
jemmy
A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
1. (colloquial) (small crowbar) (United Kingdom)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
Regionalism used in the United Kingdom
a. la palanqueta (F)
(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
The door was jammed, and we opened it using a jemmy.La puerta estaba atascada y la abrimos usando una palanqueta.
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