Usually means: British sailor, nickname for deficiency.
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We found 27 dictionaries that define the word limey:

General (22 matching dictionaries)
  1. limey: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. limey: Merriam-Webster
  3. Limey: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. limey: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. limey: Collins English Dictionary
  6. limey: Vocabulary.com
  7. Limey, limey: Wordnik
  8. limey: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. limey: Wiktionary
  10. limey: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. limey: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. limey: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. limey: Dictionary.com
  14. limey: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. Limey, The Limey: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. limey: Rhymezone
  17. Limey: Stammtisch Beau Fleuve Acronyms
  18. limey: FreeDictionary.org
  19. limey: Mnemonic Dictionary
  20. limey: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. limey: Encyclopedia

Slang (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Limey (offensive): Racial Slur Database
  2. limey, limey: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  3. Limey: English slang and colloquialisms used in the United Kingdom

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. SeaTalk Dictionary of English Nautical Language (No longer online)

(Note: See limeys as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
adjective:  Resembling limes (the fruit); lime-like.
adjective:  Of, or pertaining to, limes (the fruit).
noun:  (dated, slang, derogatory) An English or British ship.
noun:  (US, Australia, New Zealand, slang, derogatory) An Englishman or other Briton, or a person of British descent; an English or British immigrant.
noun:  Alternative letter-case form of limey [(dated, slang, derogatory) An English or British ship.]

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