Definition of lubber
1 : a big clumsy fellow
2 : a clumsy seaman
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Examples of lubber in a Sentence
although he's something of a lubber, everyone agrees that he has a kind heart
the two lubbers who came to deliver my furniture
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Like you and I, Pi me bucko, those three lubbers there all have a cabin here in the Barkadeer.
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Origin and Etymology of lubber
Middle English lobre, lobur
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