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

Twelve hunner and fifteen—that's every day since I had the limmer rowpit!*

From Kidnapped by Stevenson, Robert Louis

Aye—wark yer best—but youth is short,   An' shorter ilka year— There's ane wad gar ye sune forget   Yon limmer o' a mear!

From Songs of Angus and More Songs of Angus by Jacob, Violet

"Oh, you little limmer, to put such a thought into my head."

From Sentimental Tommy The Story of His Boyhood by Barrie, J. M. (James Matthew)

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 Ballads of Romance and Chivalry Popular Ballads of the Olden Times - First Series by Sidgwick, Frank

"O hald thy tongue, thou limmer lown, "And of thy talking let me be!

From Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border, Volume 2 Consisting of Historical and Romantic Ballads, Collected in The Southern Counties of Scotland; with a Few of Modern Date, Founded Upon Local Tradition by Scott, Walter, Sir