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Nimmer vs Limmer - What's the difference?

nimmer | limmer |

As nouns the difference between nimmer and limmer

is that nimmer is a petty thief{{cite-book |title= blacks law dictionary |edition=abridged eighth |author=garner, bryan a while limmer is (scotland) a rogue; a low, base fellow.

As an adjective limmer is

limber.

nimmer

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A petty thief.{{cite-book , title= Blacks Law Dictionary , edition=Abridged Eighth , author=Garner, Bryan A.
    • , year= 2005 , publisher=Thomson/West , isbn= 0314158634 , page= 880 , text=}}

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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)