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A yellowish citrus fruit.countableusually
- The juice of Lemmons killeth Warts, but better the water of the ſame juice, diſtilled through a glaſs.
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A semitropical evergreen tree, Citrus limon, that bears such fruits.countableusually
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A more or less bright shade of yellow associated with lemon fruits.countableusually
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Lemon juice.rareuncountableusually
- [J]uſt at the laſt ſcald four or five ſpoonfuls of thick new cream, with a few drops of lemon or vinegar, muſhrooms pickled do well, […]
- [S]tir into this, after taking from the fire, two ounces of butter cut into little bits, putting in one piece at a time, and squeeze a few drops of lemon in this sauce.
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A lemon shark (Negaprion brevirostris).countableusually
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A defective or inadequate item or individual.countableslangusually
- He didn’t realise until he’d paid for it that the car was a lemon.
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Favor.Cockneycountableslang
- A thousand quid for that motor? Do me a lemon! I could get it for half that.
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A piece of fanfiction involving explicit sex.countableslangusually
- I'd really like to know what people think of this and whether I should carry on writing lemons or go and hide under a rock somewhere.
- WARNING: This story is a lemon and must be viewed with great care. If you are either under the age of 18, think graphic sex is discussing^([sic – meaning disgusting]) or you know what my writing is like you should turn away now.
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The surface of revolution of a circular arc of angle less than 180° rotated about the straight line passing through the arc’s two endpoints.countableusually
syn. lemon yellow