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Limmer vs Slimmer - What's the difference?

limmer | slimmer |

As nouns the difference between limmer and slimmer

is that limmer is a rogue; a low, base fellow while slimmer is a person who is trying to become slim by dieting.

As adjectives the difference between limmer and slimmer

is that limmer is limber while slimmer is comparative of slim.

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)

    slimmer

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (slim)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A person who is trying to become slim by dieting.

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