The 'landlubber' might apply to other natives; but I fear they could hardly be called. From Wordnik.com. [My New Curate] Reference
The nautical accuracy of these tales of the sea could scarcely have been attained by a "landlubber". From Wordnik.com. [The Spy] Reference
He was actually a landlubber and got violently ill. From Wordnik.com. [McCann Head Steers Ad Agency Toward Recovering Markets] Reference
"Say, wasn't I th 'old landlubber though!" he cried. From Wordnik.com. [The Moving Picture Girls at Sea or, A Pictured Shipwreck That Became Real] Reference
What a great analogy, even to this resolute landlubber. From Wordnik.com. [The Swimmer | Her Bad Mother] Reference
A bit of a landlubber and it certainly showed yesterday. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 7, 2009] Reference
“Walk away, landlubber, and dream of being a sea dog.”. From Wordnik.com. [The Bushman Way of Tracking God] Reference
Fun to Say, Pirate Style bilge rat landlubber shanty bucko galleon. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-07-01] Reference
It took less than five days to transform me from landlubber to salty sea dog. From Wordnik.com. [Ruling the waves: flotilla holidays in Britain] Reference
So don yer eyepatch and no talkin' like a landlubber, else ye may walk the plank. From Wordnik.com. [plunderer] Reference
Navy made him an ensign, as if he were a landlubber going to war for the first time. From Wordnik.com. [Never Mind Neutrality, Our Friends Are in Trouble] Reference
Being a thoroughgoing landlubber, I have no idea how much that is in nautical miles. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-10-01] Reference
He happens to be on board ship and is given an order by some landlubber and he doesn?. From Wordnik.com. [Changeling]
'Now, I know I'm a landlubber and all,' Larry said, 'but doesn't it sound a lot like. From Wordnik.com. [Not the End of the World]
FRAZIER: Rob, let me ask you a couple of landlubber questions before we leave you there. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 4, 2004] Reference
A gallant warrior, brilliant, bold, and courageous in battle, Jamie Fraser was also a landlubber. From Wordnik.com. [Dragonfly in Amber]
Mr. Jonsson is the sole landlubber at the country's only licensed whaling company, Hrefnuveidimenn ehf. From Wordnik.com. [Supersize Me: Whale Meat] Reference
A landlubber feels better on a larger vessel, so I took my men on the steamer, and we started again for Fair Haven. From Wordnik.com. [Between the Lines Secret Service Stories Told Fifty Years After] Reference
He said nothing about it; after all, he was a city-bred landlubber, while Roger and Bushy had known this lake all their lives. From Wordnik.com. [The Cat Who Went Underground]
He was at once set down as an "awkward landlubber," dismissed from his coal-shovelling, and ordered to do duty in the lamp-room. From Wordnik.com. [Harper's Young People, March 23, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly] Reference
This, of course, was what Andrew and his boys saw, which to their minds would be enough to make a landlubber girl laugh and point. From Wordnik.com. [The Serpent's Shadow]
"Well, he said: 'That damned old landlubber and bookworm never addressed me in that manner,' -- but perhaps he meant some one else.". From Wordnik.com. [My New Curate] Reference
But they would have to wait; in the meantime he must explain to this landlubber the routine of life aboard the private world of the Ares. From Wordnik.com. [The Sands of Mars]
Well, a good job too, says I; a useless old landlubber he was. From Wordnik.com. [Mr. Meeson's Will] Reference
With this chart a landlubber could have gone straight to the atoll. From Wordnik.com. [The Pagan Madonna] Reference
There's a landlubber joke in there somewhere, but I'd rather not look for it. From Wordnik.com. Reference
"Blow me for a landlubber if I like that!" he said, in a hardly audible whisper. From Wordnik.com. [A House-Boat on the Styx] Reference
Who but a landlubber ever needed to look at a compass to see which way the wind blew?. From Wordnik.com. [Kilgorman A Story of Ireland in 1798] Reference
This ancient landlubber was becoming as great an affliction as any cross-bowed mariner. From Wordnik.com. [Sixes and Sevens] Reference
Did yer ever see a pirate snipped all 'round like a landlubber, with nary a whisp behind?. From Wordnik.com. [Wappin' Wharf A Frightful Comedy of Pirates] Reference
I was to wear the heaviest clothes I had, because the landlubber always caught cold at sea. From Wordnik.com. [Europe Revised] Reference
"What's the matter, your honor?" demanded Cleats, who always pitied a landlubber in a gale. From Wordnik.com. [Dikes and Ditches Young America in Holland and Belguim] Reference
If you're a landlubber, this long, skinny spit of land has a good assortment of accommodations. From Wordnik.com. [canada.com Top Stories] Reference
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