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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The juice of the lime, used for much the same purposes as lemon-juice.

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Examples

  • The soils here are more acidic than those in the neighboring Barossa Valley, giving the Riesling's a saline minerality and an overpowering lime-juice character in their youth.

    Styling Australia's Riesling Will Lyons 2011

  • At the bar, which ranged along one side of the large chinked-log room, leaned half a dozen men, two of whom were discussing the relative merits of spruce-tea and lime-juice as remedies for scurvy.

    Chapter 1 2010

  • The usual weapon against that entity is the lime-juice coated kris.

    Making Light: *Spoilers* Paranormal Activity *Spoilers* 2010

  • It also sold ice-creams, and soon the children were sitting drinking ginger-beer and lime-juice mixed, and eating delicious ices.

    An Open Letter to Fans of South Plains Football 2010

  • What a good thing they had brought two extra bottles of lime-juice.

    An Open Letter to Fans of South Plains Football 2010

  • They all ate the food and then drank their lime-juice and ginger-beer.

    An Open Letter to Fans of South Plains Football 2010

  • Salty Limey Ginny Thing, with gin, lime-juice, and a salt-cured lime/anise soda by Adam Bernbach of Proof.

    Spirits: Aw, rickey! 2010

  • "We all got a say hyar, jest as much as any high-an'-mighty lime-juice sailor-oh, beg pardon, Captain Comber!"

    Isabelle Estelle Bruno 2010

  • Unfortunately the ginger here is made of sterner stuff, withstanding the lime-juice salt treatment with nary a blush.

    JFI ginger-avocado filled with myoga bilbo 2007

  • Unfortunately the ginger here is made of sterner stuff, withstanding the lime-juice salt treatment with nary a blush.

    Archive 2007-02-01 bilbo 2007

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