Lubber

·noun A heavy, clumsy, or awkward fellow; a sturdy drone; a clown.

← Lubbard × Lubberly →

lubber
An awkward fellow: a name given by sailors to landsmen. ...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
lubber
A sturdy drone; an idle, fat, bulky fellow.--Johnson. A name given by sailors to landsmen.--Grose, D...

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
lubber
, or lubbart. An awkward unseamanlike fellow; from a northern word implying a clownish dolt. A boa...

The Sailor's Word-Book
land-lubber
(Dutch, landlooper.) A vagrant; one who strolls about the country.--Bailey's Dict. Applied by sailor...

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
abbey-lubber
This is an old term of reproach for idleness, and is here quoted only as bearing upon the nautical l...

The Sailor's Word-Book
land-lubber
A useless longshorer; a vagrant stroller. Applied by sailors to the mass of landsmen, especially tho...

The Sailor's Word-Book
lubber-land
A kind of El Dorado in sea-story, or country of pleasure without work, all sharing alike. ...

The Sailor's Word-Book