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The term jemmy or jimmy most often refers to the tool when used for burglary.It is used as a lever either to force apart two objects or to remove nails.

In the United Kingdom, Ireland and Australia, "crowbar" may occasionally be used loosely for this tool, but is more commonly used to mean a larger straight tool (see spud bar).

They also were called simply crows, or iron crows; William Shakespeare used the term crow in many places Romeo and Juliet, act 5, scene ii; “crow” appears here on line 22, including his play Romeo and Juliet, Act 5, scene ii:Get me an iron crow and bring it straight.Unto my cell.

Crowbars are commonly used to open nailed wooden crates.

A crowbar, a wrecking bar, pry bar, or prybar, or sometimes (in British usage) a prise bar or prisebar more informally a jimmy, jimmy bar, jemmy or gooseneck is a tool consisting of a metal bar with a single curved end and flattened points, often with a small fissure on one or both ends for removing nails.

.One false etymology is that the term crowbar derives from Jim Crow laws and that they were used by blacks to perform menial tasks, giving it racist connotations.

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