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Zimmer en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. (Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis) Ellipsis of Zimmer frame.
    • As the day passes away, and body clocks begin to stutter, there are also physical assaults with Zimmers locked in combat like the horns of fighting stags. 2014, Roger Kirkpatrick, Final Chapters: Writings About the End of Life, page 52:
    • He cites Rockers Reunion, in January, the first big rock’n’roll all-dayer of the year. “My reviewer made the point that everybody seems to be on sticks and Zimmers.” 2025 October 20, Michael Hann, “‘Everyone seems to be on Zimmers’: after 70 years of hip-shaking thrills, is rock’n’roll dead?”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:

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Zimmer en · PROPN

Meanings

  1. A surname from German.