Definition of "lime-juicer" [lime-juicer]

• A British sailor: so called because he is obliged by law to use lime-juice at sea as an antiscorbutic. (noun)
• Hence A British ship on which the lime-juice law is carried out. (noun)
• In Australia, a new-comer; one who has made the voyage on a lime-juicer; a greenhorn; a ‘new chum.’ (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• ""I saw it done when I was second mate on a lime-juicer," Captain Ward spoke up."
• "He had sailed always on French merchant vessels, with the one exception of a voyage on a "lime-juicer.""
• "At noon we picked up a ship ahead, a lime-juicer, travelling in the same direction, under lower-topsails and one upper-topsail."