Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗noun
Sprinkles used as a topping for ice cream, cookies, or cupcakes. · A marijuana cigarette. · A device used to circumvent a locking mechanism. · A jemmy; a crowbar used by burglars to open windows and doors.
verb
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryTo pry (something, especially a lock) open with or as if with a crowbar.
* * (chocolate sprinkles): Unknown. There is much speculation that they were named after Jim Crow, but there is little, if any, evidence to support this theory.
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