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Lubberly

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lub·ber  (lbr)
n.
1. A clumsy person.
2. An inexperienced sailor; a landlubber.
[Middle English lobur, lazy lout; akin to lob, lout; see lob.]
lubber·ly adv. & adj.
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Adj.1.lubberly - clumsy and unskilled; "a big stupid lubberly fellow"
unskilled - not having or showing or requiring special skill or proficiency; "unskilled in the art of rhetoric"; "an enthusiastic but unskillful mountain climber"; "unskilled labor"; "workers in unskilled occupations are finding fewer and fewer job opportunities"; "unskilled workmanship"
2.lubberly - inexperienced in seamanship; "of all landlubbers the most lubberly"
landlubberly
unseamanlike - not seamanlike


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But no amount of lubberly book-jargon can disguise a fact well calculated to afflict the soul of every sound economist.
The Mirror of the Sea by Conrad, Joseph View in context
From the wharf at Selby's we watched with careless interest the lubberly manoeuvre performed of bringing the yacht to anchor, and the equally lubberly manoeuvre of sending the small boat ashore.
Tales of the Fish Patrol by London, Jack View in context
did that, sir,' said a great lubberly fellow, stepping forward; 'and preciously I cut my knuckle agin' his mouth.
Oliver Twist Or The Parish Boy's Progress by Dickens, Charles View in context
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