landlubber

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land·lub·ber | \ ˈland-ˌlə-bər

Definition of landlubber

: landsman sense 2 clumsy landlubbers learning to sail

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Other Words from landlubber

landlubberliness \ ˈland-ˌlə-bər-lē-nəs

\ noun

landlubberly \ ˈland-ˌlə-bər-lē

\ adjective

landlubbing \ ˈland-ˌlə-biŋ

\ adjective

Examples of landlubber in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web In March, the company started offering its first landlubber tours of downtown Mobile on its new fleet of Gotcha scooters. — Michelle Matthews | Mmatthews@al.com, al, 17 Aug. 2020 But Brandt, Prendini and Wendruff are all hesitant to dub Parioscorpio a pure landlubber like the more recent members of its lineage. — Katherine J. Wu, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Jan. 2020 Some on board had spent decades at sea; others were landlubbers. — Ben Taub, The New Yorker, 10 May 2020 Many rivers flow through or beside remote country that rarely sees landlubber turkey hunters. — Jim Spencer, Outdoor Life, 4 May 2020 Dinosaurs are considered, after all, to be complete landlubbers. — Katherine J. Wu, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Apr. 2020 Jennifer Lamb and Matt Davis Amphibians are half-landlubbers, half water-babies. — Joanna Klein, New York Times, 27 Feb. 2020 In Jaws 2, Roy Scheider reprises his role as Police Chief Brody, the landlubber lawman forced to battle a great white shark. — Jonah Goldberg, National Review, 26 Feb. 2020 Comparing genomes of close relatives is one way to track down when landlubber traits evolved, but only since 2012 have researchers considered these algae, part of the class Zygnematophyceae, to be the closest to land plants. — Elizabeth Pennisi, Science | AAAS, 14 Nov. 2019

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