landlubber
an unseasoned sailor or someone unfamiliar with the sea.
Origin of landlubber
1Other words from landlubber
- land·lub·ber·ish, adjective
- land·lub·ber·ly, landlubbing, adjective
Words Nearby landlubber
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How to use landlubber in a sentence
Then I don't blame her for changing her mind, ye bloody landlubber!
The Skipper and the Skipped | Holman DayWell, if Mr. Tuckerman is such a landlubber as he appears to be, I think its only right you should give him your help.
Peter Cotterell's Treasure | Rupert Sargent HollandI can quit this landlubber's job where I'm nothin' but a swab, and go to sea again, where I'm some account.
The Woman-Haters | Joseph C. Lincoln"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.
Four Young Explorers | Oliver OpticHe was at once set down as an "awkward landlubber," dismissed from his coal-shovelling, and ordered to do duty in the lamp-room.
Harper's Young People, March 23, 1880 | Various
British Dictionary definitions for landlubber
/ (ˈlændˌlʌbə) /
nautical any person having no experience at sea
Origin of landlubber
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