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First published 1965 (SND Vol. VI).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
LIMMIE, n. A glass marble, orig. used as a lemonade bottle stopper (Ayr. 1900).
[Reduced dim. form from limonade, variant (from 18th c.) form of lemonade.]You may wish to vary the format shown below depending on the citation style used.
"Limmie n.". Dictionary of the Scots Language. 2004. Scottish Language Dictionaries Ltd. Accessed 19 Apr 2024 <http://www.dsl.ac.uk/entry/snd/limmie>
