lime-juicer
Meanings
noun
- An English or British sailor or ship.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see lime, juicer.
Word forms
Etymology
From the lime juice English ships carried, which was used by sailors to prevent scurvy. 19th Century.
Derived words
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