Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1965 (SND Vol. VI).
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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.]
