lumme
/ˈlʌmi
/exclamation British informal, dated
An expression of surprise or interest: ‘Lumme!’ said Quigley. ‘She isn’t half a size!’...
- Oh lumme, she does get morbid.
- Cor, lumme, she is as beautiful as I expected.
Origin
Late 19th century: from (Lord) love me.
Rhymes
- chain gun
- chain harrow
- chain letter
- chain-link
- chain mail
- chain of causation
- chain of command
- chain of ponds
- chainplate
- chain reaction
- chainring
- chainsaw
- chain shot
- Chain, Sir Ernst Boris
- chain-smoke
- chain-smoker
- chain stitch
- chain store
- chain wheel
- chair
- chairborne
- chair car
- chairlady
- chairlift
- chairman