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lubber::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | clod, gawk, goon, lout, lummox, lump, oaf, stumblebum |
| Type of | clumsy person |
| Derivation | lubberly |
Examples of lubber
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Lubber began tying environmental concerns to action early in life.
From the bostonherald.com
Maybe our resident watch lubber will take the plunge.
From the techcrunch.com
By rotating the capsule to align the needle with the orienting marks, the course bearing could be read at the lubber line.
From the en.wikipedia.org
The Boatel may not be boutique luxury, but it's the perfect place to press pause on hectic land-lubber city life.
From the guardian.co.uk
A lubber line, which can be a marking on the compass bowl or a small fixed needle indicates the ship's heading on the compass card.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Lubber joined Ceres in 2002 to make global warming, the world's leading sustainability issue, a key factor in the financial markets.
From the bostonherald.com
Comically, the two bickering males are about to set sail on the same ship with Anna keeping house for them on shore like some land-lubber mermaid.
From the independent.co.uk
- Lout: an awkward stupid person
- Landlubber: an inexperienced sailor; a sailor on the first voyage
- Romalea guttata, known commonly as the "eastern lubber grasshopper" or just "lubber grasshopper," is a grasshopper native to the southeastern and south central portion of the United States. Populations exist in Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia, Florida, Louisiana, and South Carolina. ...
- (Lubbers) Rudolphus Franciscus Marie "Ruud" Lubbers (born May 7, 1939) is a retired Dutch politician of the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) party, who served as Prime Minister of the Netherlands from November 4, 1982 until August 22, 1994. ...
- Derisive term for land-dwellers. Also applied to inexperienced sailors (Royal Navy trainee sailors were referred to as "landmen", graduating to "seaman" grade after one year).
- A Sailor who does not know his Duty.
- A clumsy seaman (from Landlubber)
- A clumsy and unskilled man.
