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Dictionary: Lim·mer

a. (lĭm"mr)

Limber. [Obs.] Holland.

Lim·mer
n.

[F. limier. See Leamer.]

1. A limehound; a leamer.

2. (Zoöl.) A mongrel, as a cross between the mastiff and hound.

3. A low, base fellow; also, a prostitute. [Scot.]

Thieves, limmers, and broken men of the Highlands.
Sir W. Scott.

4. (Naut.) A man rope at the side of a ladder.


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