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Limper vs Limmer - What's the difference?

limper | limmer |

As adjectives the difference between limper and limmer

is that limper is (limp) while limmer is limber.

As nouns the difference between limper and limmer

is that limper is one who limps while limmer is (scotland) a rogue; a low, base fellow.

limper

English

Adjective

(head)
  • (limp)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who limps.
  • (poker slang) One who limps (one who calls the big blind in the preflop betting round).

    • Anagrams

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    limmer

    English

    Etymology 1

    Origin uncertain; perhaps from limb, or (etyl) limier; see leamer.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (Scotland) A rogue; a low, base fellow.
  • * Sir Walter Scott
    • Thieves, limmers , and broken men of the Highlands.
  • A promiscuous woman.
  • * 1994 , Jeanette Winterson, Art and Lies
    • Doll Sneerpiece was not a scholar but fond of gentlemen, although to dub her a limmer , would have been to do her a wrong.
  • A limehound; a leamer.
  • A mongrel, such as a cross between the mastiff and hound.
  • (nautical) A manrope at the side of a ladder.

    • Etymology 2

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • limber
    • (Holland)