¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Limeys
1. limey [n] - See also: limey
Lexicographical Neighbors of Limeys
Literary usage of Limeys
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Gunner Depew by Albert N. Depew (1918)
"CHAPTER XIII limeys, ANZACS AND POILUS One night, while we were expecting to
attack, the word was passed down the line to have the wire cutters ready, ..."
2. Gunner Depew by Albert N. Depew (1918)
"CHAPTER XIII limeys, ANZACS AND POILUS One night, while we were expecting to
attack, the word was passed down the line to have the wire cutters ready, ..."
3. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1877)
"(4) Captain Barré no doubt wrote to Bonaparte, then near Cairo, that the passes
were practicable ; but limeys and Ganteaume(Corr. v. ..."
4. The Gentleman's Magazine (1839)
"(¡limeys' bank, Norwich. Aged 82, Thomas Redhead, esq. of Snare Hill. f. We«.
22. At North- ampton, aged 72, Catharine, widow of Sir George Throckmorton, ..."
5. Southey's Common-place Book by Robert Southey (1849)
"For the lords, we had a trial of them last year ; they have been most of them
gotten with limeys (? ..."
Other Resources:
