Usually means: British sailor, nickname for deficiency.
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We found 27 dictionaries that define the word Limey:

General (22 matching dictionaries)
  1. limey: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. limey: Merriam-Webster
  3. Limey: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. limey: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. limey: Collins English Dictionary
  6. limey: Vocabulary.com
  7. Limey, limey: Wordnik
  8. limey: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. limey: Wiktionary
  10. limey: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. limey: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. limey: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. limey: Dictionary.com
  14. limey: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. Limey, The Limey: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. limey: Rhymezone
  17. Limey: Stammtisch Beau Fleuve Acronyms
  18. limey: FreeDictionary.org
  19. limey: Mnemonic Dictionary
  20. limey: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. limey: Encyclopedia

Slang (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Limey (offensive): Racial Slur Database
  2. limey, limey: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  3. Limey: English slang and colloquialisms used in the United Kingdom

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. SeaTalk Dictionary of English Nautical Language (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Limey)

▸ adjective:  Resembling limes (the fruit); lime-like.
▸ adjective:  Of, or pertaining to, limes (the fruit).
▸ noun:  (dated, slang, derogatory) An English or British ship.
▸ noun:  (US, Australia, New Zealand, slang, derogatory) An Englishman or other Briton, or a person of British descent; an English or British immigrant.
▸ noun:  Alternative letter-case form of limey [(dated, slang, derogatory) An English or British ship.]

Similar:
John Bull, limelike, lemonlike, lime, citruslike, lemony, citrusy, limolike, fruitlike, limousinelike, more...

Opposite:
Yank, American, Septic

Types:
British person, sour citrus fruit, calcium oxide, more...

Phrases:
The Limey, more...

Adjectives:
big, little, old, more, only, young, bloody


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Similar:
John Bull, limelike, lemonlike, lime, citruslike, lemony, citrusy, limolike, fruitlike, limousinelike, more...

Opposite:
Yank, American, Septic

Types:
British person, sour citrus fruit, calcium oxide, more...

Phrases:
The Limey, more...

Adjectives:
big, little, old, more, only, young, bloody



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