limmer

[ lim-er ]

/ ˈlɪm ər /

a woman of loose morals; hussy.

a prostitute or strumpet.

Obsolete. a scoundrel or rogue.

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First recorded in 1425–75; late Middle English (Scots); see limb¹ (6); Middle English develes lim “limb of Satan”), -er¹

I will take your counsel; and now I will go at once to Limmer's.
My Novel, Complete|Edward Bulwer-Lytton
The dinner at Limmer's went off very differently from what it ought to have done.
My Novel, Complete|Edward Bulwer-Lytton
“Oh, the limmer,” he cried, and started up as if to fly at me again.
The Dew of Their Youth|S. R. Crockett
He stayed with her an hour, revisited the count, and then strolled to Limmer's.
My Novel, Complete|Edward Bulwer-Lytton

It is most rarely donne and exquisitly limmed by a limmer—all the kings' pictures, etc.
Brief Lives (Vol. 2 of 2)|John Aubrey