1888. Cincinnati Commercial Gazette, 22 July. We are glad to see
Harper’s Weekly suffering the jim-jams of distortion on the
envenomed pencil of an extraordinary artist.
Jim-dandy, adj. (American).—Superfine.
1888. Daily Inter-Ocean, 14 Feb. George C. Ball came upon the floor
yesterday arrayed in a jim-dandy suit of clothes.
Jimmy, subs. (common).—1. See Jemmy.
2. (colonial). A new chum (q.v.). Specifically (Australian convicts), a
free emigrant.
1859. H. Kingsley, Geoffry Hamlyn, xxvi. ‘Why, one,’ said Lee, ‘is
a young jimmy (I beg your pardon, sir, an emigrant), the other two
are old prisoners.’