limey

Meaning of limey

noun

a British person.

late 19th century: from lime2 + -y1, because of the former enforced consumption of lime juice in the British navy.

Information about limey

  • It is a name.
  • The plural form of limey is: limeys.
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Hyphenation of limey

limey

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 5 chars.
  • limey is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

Anagrams of limey

Elymi, Emily, emily, Miley

Words that rhyme with limey

Limey, blimey, corblimey, gorblimey, ragtimey

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