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landlubber
[ land-luhb-er ]
noun
- an unseasoned sailor or someone unfamiliar with the sea.
landlubber
/ ˈlændˌlʌbə /
noun
- nautical any person having no experience at sea
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Other Words From
- landlubber·ish adjective
- landlubber·ly landlubbing adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of landlubber1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of landlubber1
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Example Sentences
Then I don't blame her for changing her mind, ye bloody landlubber!
Well, if Mr. Tuckerman is such a landlubber as he appears to be, I think its only right you should give him your help.
I can quit this landlubber's job where I'm nothin' but a swab, and go to sea again, where I'm some account.
"It's heavy sea for that fellow, and he looks like a landlubber trying to walk the deck in a rough sea," said Captain Scott.
He was at once set down as an "awkward landlubber," dismissed from his coal-shovelling, and ordered to do duty in the lamp-room.
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