What does limmer mean?
Limmer means (Scotland) A rogue; a low, base fellow..
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/ˈlɪmə/ · noun
(Scotland) A rogue; a low, base fellow..
Thieves, limmers, and broken men of the Highlands.
Doll Sneerpiece was not a scholar but fond of gentlemen, although to dub her a limmer, would have been to do her a wrong.
Then the limmer Scottes ared me, burnt my guddes, and made deadlie feede on me and my barnes.
The roote is long and very limmer, spreading his bráches both large and long under the earth and doth oftentimes let, hinder, & staye both the plough and Dren in toyling the ground, for they be so tough and limmer, that the share & colter of the plough cannot easily divide and cut them asunder.
Auld plenishen out by was strew'd, Guid L--d but it was limmer; Some creepy stools, an' shelfs weel scower'd Tae hide the worm pict tim'er Tae sell that day.
If you ride with the hell-spawned reivers and live as a limmer thief then you must expect to be singed by hell's fire.
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Limmer means (Scotland) A rogue; a low, base fellow..
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Thieves, limmers, and broken men of the Highlands.
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