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); limb ¹ ( def. 6 ); Middle English develes lim “limb of Satan”), -er ¹

Example Sentences

Jealous Tommy, suddenly deprived of his mother's hand, cried, "It's true what Shovel says, you don't not love me never again; you jest loves that little limmer!"

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

Thou limmer," said Wilson, in his thin shriek, "how long 'ul thy dool last?

From The Shadow of a Crime A Cumbrian Romance by Caine, Hall, Sir

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

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

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

From Kidnapped by Stevenson, Robert Louis