shivering Jemmy

English

Noun

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
  • John Camden Hotten (1873) The Slang Dictionary
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