Limper vs Jimper - What's the difference?
limper | jimper |
(limp)
One who limps.
(poker slang) One who limps (one who calls the big blind in the preflop betting round).
(jimp)
(dated, Scotland and N England) neat; trim; delicate; slender; handsome; spruce; elegant.
:* {{quote-book
, year=1899
, year_published=2007
, edition=HTML
, editor=
, author=Neil Munro
, title=Gilian the Dreamer
, chapter=
:* {{quote-book
, year=1994
, year_published=2011
, edition=Reprint
, editor=
, author=George MacDonald Fraser
, title=Flashman and the Angel of the Lord
, chapter=
, url=
, genre=
, publisher=HarperCollins
, isbn=9780007325696
, page=
, passage=… Annette was on hand, stony-eyed but mighty jimp in a gown that seemed to consist of flowers and gauze.
}}
(dated, Scotland and N England) scant; barely sufficient.
As adjectives the difference between limper and jimper
is that limper is (limp) while jimper is (jimp).As a noun limper
is one who limps.limper
English
Adjective
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(en noun)Anagrams
*jimper
English
Adjective
(head)jimp
English
Adjective
(er)citation, genre= , publisher=The Gutenberg Project , isbn= , page= , passage=Do I look so terrible old, Gilian, that you cannot think of me as not so bad-looking either, with a bonny eye, they said, and a jimp waist, and a foot like the honey-bee? }}