Meaning

3 senses
  1. Someone who limes; someone who uses bird-lime or who limewashes.

  2. (Caribbean)Someone who hangs around the streets; someone hanging out.

  3. (obsolete)A kind of dog kept on a lead; a bloodhound; a mongrel.

Origin

From Anglo-Norman limer (Old French liemier, French limier), from Old French liem (“leash”

From Anglo-Norman limer (Old French liemier, French limier), from Old French liem (“leash”).

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Forms

plural: limers

Word family

1 related words
Derivedlime

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
limer — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto