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Entry 5 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Limmer

/(lĭm"mẽr)/ · Lim·mer · IPA /ˈlɪmə/
01 a. Limber.
  1. 1.
    Limber.[Obs.]
02 n. A limehound; a leamer.
  1. 1.
    A limehound; a leamer.
  2. 2.
    A mongrel, as a cross between the mastiff and hound.(Zool.)
  3. 3.
    A low, base fellow; also, a prostitute.[Scot.]
    “Thieves, limmers, and broken men of the Highlands.” — Sir W. Scott.
  4. 4.
    A man rope at the side of a ladder.(Naut.)