LIME-JUICER


Meaning of LIME-JUICER in English

/luym"jooh'seuhr/ , n. Slang.

1. a British person.

2. a British sailor.

[ 1855-60; so called because British sailors were required by law to drink lime juice to ward off scurvy ]

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