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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. 1

    plural lim·eys.

    • : a British sailor.
    • : a British ship.
    • : a British person.
adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 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.