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glims

glims is the plural of glim.

Meaning of glim

Noun

glim (countable and uncountable, plural glims)

  1. (obsolete) Brightness; splendour.
  2. (archaic, slang) A light; a candle; a lantern; a fire.
    • 'Let's have a glim,' said Sikes, 'or we shall go breaking our necks, or treading on the dog. Look after your legs if you do!'1837, Charles Dickens, chapter 16, in Oliver Twist
  3. (archaic, slang) An eye.
  4. (archaic, slang) A pair of glasses or spectacles.
  5. (archaic, slang) A look; a glimpse.
  6. (archaic, slang) Gonorrhea.

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Questions about glims

What is glims the plural of?
Glims is the plural of glim.

Words near glims in the dictionary

  1. glimpsers
  2. glimpses
  3. glimpsest
  4. glimpseth
  5. glimpsing
  6. glims
  7. Glina
  8. Glincel
  9. Glincels
  10. glindex
  11. glindexes

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