Demmy

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English

Noun

Demmy (plural Demmys or Demmies)

  1. Alternative form of Demmie.
    • 1849 December, C. D. Stuart, Esq., “Rambledom: in Four Chapters. Chapter First”, in The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, volume 34, number 6, New York: Samuel Hueston, page 490:
      H. G. was here lately, preaching political truths to the Green Mountain boys. Malicious ‘demmys’ did say he preached for hire, that he put money in his purse thereby, but I know that out of his purse came all his expenses, and never a cent went therein.