limey
/lahy-mee/US // ˈlaɪ mi //UK // (ˈlaɪmɪ) US and Canadian slang //
利美,利米人,利米,跛子
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
plural lim·eys.
- : a British sailor.
- : a British ship.
- : a British person.
adj.形容词 adjective
- 1
- : British.
Examples
Confusion over the catcher's eye black is just the tip of the iceberg for this befuddled limey.
Maybe they needed to do that because Freud himself was hardly a true Limey.
And I realize that I hate lime-stone, to live on lime-stone or marble or any of those limey rocks.
The same facts exist with regard to a loam, a calcareous (or limey) soil, or a vegetable mould.
A plasterer with limey overalls gazed at the wagon intently until it passed by.
We are a little mortary and limey at present, but we are getting on capitally.
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