Lexicographical Neighbors of Blimy
Literary usage of Blimy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. England After the War by Frank Dilnot (1920)
"Then he said in accents of scorn which it is impossible to reproduce in the
written word, "Gawd blimy, 'CHESHAM,' Gawd blimy. Come on, old girl. ..."
2. The Cornhill Magazine by George Smith (1908)
"he whispered, " 1 never understood till now why they call the blamed thing the
arc light. blimy if it ain't for all the world like the ..."
3. The Writings in Prose and Verse of Rudyard Kipling by Rudyard Kipling (1899)
"Then running his eye over them,— " Fried fish an' whelks is about your sort.
blimy if they haven't sent some pink-eyed Jews too ..."
4. The Best British Short Stories of edited by John Cournos, Edward Joseph Harrington O'Brien (1922)
"The dock rat's eyes gleamed: he had noted the movement. He ceased his tip-toeing
about and looked at the Boss. "What's my share?" "blimy! Your share? ..."
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