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Meanings of
landlubber
in inglés
An inexperienced sailor; a sailor on the first voyage.
landsman
lubber
landman
Sinónimos
Examples for "
landsman
"
landsman
lubber
landman
Examples for "
landsman
"
1
This was a civilian, a
landsman
,
who needed the information, and urgently.
2
He was a nondescript who had joined the ship as a
landsman
.
3
The man had sharp eyes, for a
landsman
could have seen nothing.
4
Not even I,
landsman
as I was, could mistake what I saw.
5
Luckily for England, Philip was a
landsman
,
no soldier, and very slow.
1
Every
lubber
knows that a ship is launched before she is rigged.
2
Fell sick in the Bay o' Biscay, like any
land
-
lubber
,
didn't he?
3
The mate now complimented me by exclaiming, 'Why, look at the
lubber
!
'
4
Exasperated at this sarcasm, he replied, with great vehemence, You lie,
lubber
!
5
You are no
land
-
lubber
,
and you will run me over in the morning.
1
A landfall was always exciting, to
landman
and old Jack alike.
2
As the
landman
gets to know the townspeople, he suffers a crisis of conscience.
3
Would he have cared so much for procedure if a lowly
landman
had been missing overboard?
4
He had slithered down a backstay, something which would have torn any
landman
's
palms like a knife-blade.
5
No
landman
can tame him.
Usage of
landlubber
in inglés
1
I suppose it's because he's an old sea-dog and not a
landlubber
.
2
Well, a good job too, says I; a useless old
landlubber
he was.
3
The other fellow was a
landlubber
friend of his from Andros.
4
This ancient
landlubber
was becoming as great an affliction as any cross-bowed mariner.
5
How do you know that, you little
landlubber
?
he laughingly responded.
6
You're a
landlubber
,
sir-meanin' no offense-oryou wouldn't axe sich a foolish question.
7
To the
landlubber
the swell of waves causes nauseating upheaval.
8
If you think you can put up with a hopeless
landlubber
,
I'm certainly on.
9
One of the stateroom stewards who stood watching the
"
landlubber
's
"
operations sarcastically said:
10
You can't expect a
landlubber
to understand all the conditions of a life like this.
11
REMEMBER - by all means, don't be a
landlubber
.
12
Any
landlubber
who could avoid slamming into a wall in these conditions deserved to be toasted.
13
Even a
landlubber
like me can appreciate it.
14
There was nothing wrong with my convenient coracle-orat least, nothing a highly cautious
landlubber
could see.
15
The waves rolled high, and the little schooner plunged about in a manner frightful to a
landlubber
.
16
I was to wear the heaviest clothes I had, because the
landlubber
always caught cold at sea.
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landlubber
Noun
Singular
Frequent collocations
old landlubber
ancient landlubber
cautious landlubber
damn landlubber
expect a landlubber
More collocations
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