Limmer vs Limner - What's the difference?
limmer | limner |
(Scotland) A rogue; a low, base fellow.
* Sir Walter Scott
A promiscuous woman.
* 1994 , Jeanette Winterson, Art and Lies
A limehound; a leamer.
A mongrel, such as a cross between the mastiff and hound.
(nautical) A manrope at the side of a ladder.
As nouns the difference between limmer and limner
is that limmer is (scotland) a rogue; a low, base fellow while limner is someone who limns.As an adjective limmer
is limber.limmer
English
Etymology 1
Origin uncertain; perhaps from limb, or (etyl) limier; see leamer.Noun
(en noun)- 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.