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Webster 1913 Edition
Limmer
Lim′mer
(lĭm′mẽr)
, Adj.
Limber.
[Obs.]
Holland.
1.
A limehound; a leamer.
2.
(Zool.)
A mongrel, as a cross between the mastiff and hound.
3.
A low, base fellow; also, a prostitute.
[Scot.]
Thieves,
limmers
, and broken men of the Highlands. Sir W. Scott.
4.
(Naut.)
A man rope at the side of a ladder.
Webster 1828 Edition
Limmer
LIM'MER
, n.1.
A limehound; a mongrel.2.
A dog engendered between a hound and a mastiff.3.
A thill or shaft. [Local. See Limber.]4.
A thill-horse. [Local.]Definition 2024
limmer
limmer
English
Noun
limmer (plural limmers)
- (Scotland) A rogue; a low, base fellow.
- Sir Walter Scott
- Thieves, limmers, and broken men of the Highlands.
- Sir Walter Scott
- 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.
- 1994, Jeanette Winterson, Art and Lies
- 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?)