■ noun ( plural ~s ) N. Amer. & Austral. informal a British person.
Origin
C19: from lime 2 + -y 1 , because of the former enforced consumption of lime juice in the British navy.
LIMEY
Meaning of LIMEY in English
Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004