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Meanings of landlubber in English

An inexperienced sailor; a sailor on the first voyage.

        Usage of landlubber in English
        1
        I suppose it's because he's an old sea-dog and not a landlubber.
        West Wind Drift
        2
        Well, a good job too, says I; a useless old landlubber he was.
        Mr. Meeson's Will
        3
        The other fellow was a landlubber friend of his from Andros.
        My Name is Legion
        4
        This ancient landlubber was becoming as great an affliction as any cross-bowed mariner.
        Sixes and Sevens
        5
        How do you know that, you little landlubber? he laughingly responded.
        The Story of a Child
        6
        You're a landlubber, sir-meanin' no offense-oryou wouldn't axe sich a foolish question.
        In Clive's Command: A Story of the Fight for India
        7
        To the landlubber the swell of waves causes nauseating upheaval.
        In Clive's Command: A Story of the Fight for India
        8
        If you think you can put up with a hopeless landlubber, I'm certainly on.
        The Pit Prop Syndicate
        9
        One of the stateroom stewards who stood watching the "landlubber's" operations sarcastically said:
        Self-Raised; Or, From the Depths
        10
        You can't expect a landlubber to understand all the conditions of a life like this.
        Harrigan
        11
        REMEMBER - by all means, don't be a landlubber.
        Let's Collect Rocks and Shells
        12
        Any landlubber who could avoid slamming into a wall in these conditions deserved to be toasted.
        Hula Done It?
        13
        Even a landlubber like me can appreciate it.
        The Pit Prop Syndicate
        14
        There was nothing wrong with my convenient coracle-orat least, nothing a highly cautious landlubber could see.
        Shadows in Bronze
        15
        The waves rolled high, and the little schooner plunged about in a manner frightful to a landlubber.
        Sustained honor: The Age of Liberty Established
        16
        I was to wear the heaviest clothes I had, because the landlubber always caught cold at sea.
        Europe Revised
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