EGAVE

limey

About 0.06 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. adjective Resembling limes (the fruit); lime-like.
  2. adjective Of, or pertaining to, limes (the fruit).
    This drink is full of limey goodness.
  3. noun An Englishman or other Briton, or a person of British descent; an English or British immigrant.
  4. noun An English or British ship.

Similar words

john bull limelike lemonlike lime citruslike lemony citrusy limolike fruitlike limousinelike

Often followed by

soil and was soils slag clay clays sandstones bastard

Word family

Limey Limeys limeyer limeyest limeys limy

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