Lubber
['lʌbə] or ['lʌbɚ]
Definition
(n.) A heavy, clumsy, or awkward fellow; a sturdy drone; a clown.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Clown, boor, lout, bungler, fumbler, clumsy fellow, awkward fellow.
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Definition
n. an awkward clumsy fellow: a lazy sturdy fellow.—adj. Lubb′ard lubberly.—adj. and adv. Lubb′erly.—n. Lubb′er's-hole (naut.) a hole between the head of the lower mast and the edge of the top through which 'lubbers' may climb instead of going round the futtock shroud.
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Examples
- Which he certainly will not do on the ocean, added Maurice lazily; your mighty poet was a land-lubber. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Turn on the light, sir, t' th' north, an' if you don't see them lubbers comin' back, I'm a Dutchman! Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
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