LIME-JUICER Definition & Meaning

lime-juicer

[ lahym-joo-ser ]

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noun

Older Slang: Usually Disparaging and Offensive.

a British sailor.
a British person.

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Sensitive Note

See limey.

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of lime-juicer¹

First recorded in 1855–60; so called because British sailors were required by law to drink lime juice to ward off scurvy

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Ah guess there's nae chance for a lime-juicer up-bye, an' ye may take it that yer man 'll be fined.

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He generally has about a month to fill up on a clean break, like Charles Dickens and his serial novels.—What a regular lime-juicer spread!” he added contemptuously.

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But the instrument, down on his luck and 'fore-the-mast in a "lime-juicer," must needs refer to it, again and again, until the sorely tried man gave way.

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"I saw it done when I was second mate on a lime-juicer," Captain Ward spoke up.

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"A—a lime-juicer?" repeated Alice in some surprise.

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