limmer

English

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈlɪmə/

Etymology 1

Origin uncertain; perhaps from limb, or French limier; see leamer.

Noun

limmer (plural limmers)

1. (Scotland) A rogue; a low, base fellow.
   • Sir Walter Scott

     Thieves, limmers, and broken men of the Highlands.

2. A promiscuous woman.
   • 1994, Jeanette Winterson, Art and Lies

     Doll Sneerpiece was not a scholar but fond of gentlemen, although to dub her a limmer, would have been to do her a wrong.

3. A limehound; a leamer.
4. A mongrel, such as a cross between the mastiff and hound.
5. (nautical) A manrope at the side of a ladder.

Etymology 2

Adjective

limmer (comparative more limmer, superlative most limmer)

1. limber

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Holland to this entry?)