limey

Meaning

Adj

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

Noun

1. (dated, derogatory, slang) An English or British ship.
2. (Australia, New-Zealand, US, ethnic, slang, slur) An Englishman or other Briton, or a person of British descent; an English or British immigrant.

Synonyms

John Bull

British

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Briton

pom

Brit

Translations

İngiliz

anglais

John Bull

John Bull

calizo

John Bull

John Bull

İngiliz denizcisi

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈlaɪmi/

Etymology

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