limmer
English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Origin uncertain; perhaps from limb, or (deprecated template usage) [etyl] French limier; see leamer.
Noun
limmer (plural limmers)
- (Scotland) A rogue; a low, base fellow.
- (Can we date this quote by Sir Walter Scott and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
- Thieves, limmers, and broken men of the Highlands.
- (Can we date this quote by Sir Walter Scott and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
- A promiscuous woman.
- 1994, Jeanette Winterson, Art and Lies:
- Doll Sneerpiece was not a scholar but fond of gentlemen, although to dub her a limmer, would have been to do her a wrong.
- A limehound; a leamer.
- A mongrel, such as a cross between the mastiff and hound.
- (nautical) A manrope at the side of a ladder.
Etymology 2
Adjective
limmer (comparative more limmer, superlative most limmer)
- limber
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Holland to this entry?)
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