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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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