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landlubber definition

land·lub·ber (-lub′ər)

noun

a person who has had little experience at sea and is therefore awkward aboard a ship: a sailor's term of contempt

Etymology: land + lubber

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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