Associations to the word «Limey»

Wiktionary

LIMEY, adjective. Resembling limes (the fruit), lime-like.
LIMEY, adjective. Of, or pertaining to, limes (the fruit).
LIMEY, noun. (US) (slang) An Englishman or other Briton, or a person of British descent.

Dictionary definition

LIMEY, noun. A man of English descent.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats