limeys

plural of limey, slang

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Noun
  • Much of this arises from the novel, though Shelley must have left out the part where the Creature kills several sailors with his bare hands and gets blunderbussed off the side of the ship, seemingly to his death.
    Justin Chang, New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2025
  • No doubt some sailors noticed that compass needles no longer pointed toward the magnetic north pole during auroras.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 27 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • There are no shortage of headlines about the alarming numbers of soldiers and seamen and Marines being overweight.
    Noelle Wiehe, The Orlando Sentinel, 17 Aug. 2025
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“Limeys.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/limeys. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.

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