Definitions for limey

limey lim·ey

Spelling: [lahy-mee]
IPA: /ˈlaɪ mi/

Limey is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 48 anagrams from letters in limey (eilmy).

Definitions for limey

noun

  1. a British sailor.
  2. a British ship.
  3. a British person.

adjective

  1. British.

Origin of limey

First recorded in 1885-90; See origin at lime-juicer, -y2

Examples for limey

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.

Maybe they needed to do that because Freud himself was hardly a true limey.

We are a little mortary and limey at present, but we are getting on capitally.

Word Value for limey
Scrable

10

Words with friends

11

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