shivering Jemmy

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Noun[edit]

shivering Jemmy (plural shivering Jemmies)

  1. (obsolete, UK, slang) A person who goes half-naked on the streets in order to beg for money.

References[edit]

  • John Camden Hotten (1873) The Slang Dictionary
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