limmer

American  

[lim-er] / ˈlɪm ər /

noun

Scot. and North England.

1. Archaic. a woman of loose morals; hussy.

2. Archaic. a prostitute or strumpet.

3. Obsolete. a scoundrel or rogue.

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Etymology

Origin of limmer

First recorded in 1425–75; late Middle English (Scots); see limb ¹ ( def. 6 ); Middle English develes lim “limb of Satan”), -er ¹

Example Sentences

He tellt the limmer a heap o' his lord's secrets.

From Robert Falconer by MacDonald, George

Ye'll be efter that vile limmer that's turnt my honest hoose intil a sty this last fortnicht.'

From Robert Falconer by MacDonald, George

Ay!" said I to myself, and not to the daft limmer, "and did they come to such a figure for so poor a business?

From David Balfour, Second Part Being Memoirs Of His Adventures At Home And Abroad, The Second Part: In Which Are Set Forth His Misfortunes Anent The Appin Murder; His Troubles With Lord Advocate Grant; Captivity On The Bass Rock; Journey Into Holland And France; And Singular Relations With James More Drummond Or Macgregor, A Son Of The Notorious Rob Roy, And His Daughter Catriona by Stevenson, Robert Louis

Twelve hunner and fifteen—that's every day since I had the limmer rowpit!*

From Kidnapped by Stevenson, Robert Louis

At that, dominie, I lost patience, and I whispered, fierce-like, 'Keep your foot to yoursel', you limmer!'

From The Little Minister by Barrie, J. M. (James Matthew)