Standard Lemma guide
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noun
A kind of dog kept on a lead; a bloodhound; a mongrel.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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noun
Someone who limes; someone who uses bird-lime or who limewashes.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Someone who hangs around the streets; someone hanging out.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Caribbean
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History
From Anglo-Norman limer (Old French liemier, French limier), from Old French liem (“leash”).
Etymology tree English lime Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English limer From lime + -er.
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