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limmers

limmers is the plural of limmer.

Meaning of limmer

Noun

limmer (plural limmers)

  1. (Scotland) A rogue; a low, base fellow.
    • Thieves, limmers, and broken men of the Highlands.1814 July 7, [Walter Scott], Waverley; or, ’Tis Sixty Years Since. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh: […] James Ballantyne and Co. for Archibald Constable and Co.; London...
  2. A promiscuous woman.
    • 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
  3. A limehound; a leamer.
  4. A mongrel, such as a cross between the mastiff and hound.
  5. A manrope at the side of a ladder.

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Proper noun capitalized: Limmers

Limmers

  1. (plural) plural of Limmer

Questions about limmers

What is limmers the plural of?
Limmers is the plural of limmer.
What part of speech is limmers?
Limmers is a proper noun.

Words near limmers in the dictionary

  1. Limmared
  2. limmas
  3. Limmat
  4. limme
  5. limmer
  6. limmers
  7. limmes
  8. limmu
  9. limmus
  10. limn
  11. limn-

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