limmer

American  

[lim-er] / ˈlɪm ər /

noun

Scot. and North England.

1. Archaic. a woman of loose morals; hussy.

2. Archaic. a prostitute or strumpet.

3. Obsolete. a scoundrel or rogue.

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Etymology

Origin of limmer

First recorded in 1425–75; late Middle English (Scots); see limb ¹ ( def. 6 ); Middle English develes lim “limb of Satan”), -er ¹

Example Sentences

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limmer

Come, old limmer, the times grow colder; Leaves of the creeper redden and fall.

From The Vigil of Venus and Other Poems by "Q" by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch

He tellt the limmer a heap o' his lord's secrets.

From Robert Falconer by George MacDonald

“You limmer, wha are you that hae got haud o’ the minister?”

From The Little Minister by J. M. (James Matthew) Barrie

But the nourice was a fause limmer   As e'er hung on a tree; She laid a plot wi' Lamkin,   Whan her lord was o'er the sea.

From Ballad Book by Katherine Lee Bates

Now comes the sax-an'-twentieth simmer I've seen the bud upon the timmer, Still persecuted by the limmer Frae year to year; But yet, despite the kittle kimmer, I, Rob, am here.

From Poems and Songs of Robert Burns by Robert Burns