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Examples of landlubber
landlubber
It took less than five days to transform me from landlubber to salty sea dog.
From the guardian.co.uk
There are fried seafood baskets, as well as landlubber steaks and burgers.
From the democratandchronicle.com
Main Beach is closer to more landlubber delights than any other major beach in the county.
From the ocregister.com
On the Bronington, however, Charles may long to be a landlubber again.
From the time.com
As a lifelong landlubber, this reporter has not yet dared eat one of the precious packages.
From the denverpost.com
Finally, fishing beyond sight of land spells an undeniable adventure to the average landlubber.
From the newsobserver.com
It has left him looking unsure and unsteady as a landlubber caught at sea in the roaring forties.
From the guardian.co.uk
The exhausted landlubber fails to master the sophisticated security system that grants room service entry.
From the nzherald.co.nz
Landlubber adults will also enjoy the views of Kaho'olawe.
From the sfgate.com
- A person who lives and works on land
- An inexperienced sailor; a sailor on the first voyage
- A pejorative term for someone unfamiliar with the sea or seamanship, especially a novice seaman
- Big, slow clumsy person who doesn't know how to sail
- 'Lubber' was an old English word for a big, slow, clumsy person, and this term was aimed at those persons on ship who were not very skilled or at ease with ship life, as if to say, "You were no better on the land."
- A person who prefers the land to the sea.
- Anyone who is unfamiliar with life on the ocean wave
- "Land-lover," someone not used to life onboard a ship.
- What you are if you re not a seaman.
