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landlubber

[ land-luhb-er ]

noun

  1. an unseasoned sailor or someone unfamiliar with the sea.


landlubber

/ ˈæԻˌʌə /

noun

  1. nautical any person having no experience at sea
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other yvlog Forms

  • Իlܲb· adjective
  • Իlܲb· ԻlܲbԲ adjective
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of landlubber1

First recorded in 1690–1700; land + lubber
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of landlubber1

C18: land + lubber
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Example Sentences

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But even if most mammals are landlubbers, the ability to glide or fly has evolved again and again during mammalian evolution, in species ranging from bats to flying squirrels.

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Shifa, for all her cleverness, was very much a landlubber and not much use at sea.

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Unlike the prestigious Ivy League squads, the Huskies were mostly middle and working class landlubbers who’d only taken up oars to pay for school.

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And a great many of us landlubbers are cheering them on — quite the swing in sentiment since “Jaws” made us all rethink our relationship with the ocean’s murk.

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For millions of years, early landlubbers likely wriggled back to the ocean to swallow prey snagged on land.

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