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Date: 1800-1900
Origin: lime-juicer 'British sailor' (19-20 centuries); because lime juice was drunk to prevent the disease scurvy in the British navy

limey

 noun
     
li‧mey [countable]
American English old-fashioned a slightly insulting word for someone from Britain
Definition from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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