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limey

Pronunciation: /ˈlaɪmi/

The English word “limey” has 4 meanings listed here.

adjective

  1. Resembling limes (the fruit); lime-like.
  2. Of, or pertaining to, limes (the fruit).

noun

  1. An Englishman or other Briton, or a person of British descent; an English or British immigrant.
  2. An English or British ship.

Etymology

In adjectival senses, by surface analysis, lime + -y. In the sense of Englishman, reduced from the 19th century term lime-juicer (“a British ship”), from the lime juice British ships carried to ward off scurvy.

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