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[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
lubber \lub"ber\, n. cf. dial. sw. lubber. see looby, lob.
   a heavy, clumsy, or awkward fellow; a sturdy drone; a clown.
   1913 webster

         lingering lubbers lose many a penny.     --tusser.
   1913 webster

   land lubber, a name given in contempt by sailors to a
      person who lives on land.

   lubber grasshopper zool., a large, stout, clumsy
      grasshopper; esp., brachystola magna, from the rocky
      mountain plains, and romalea microptera, which is
      injurious to orange trees in florida.

   lubber's hole naut., a hole in the floor of the "top,"
      next the mast, through which sailors may go aloft without
      going over the rim by the futtock shrouds. it is
      considered by seamen as only fit to be used by lubbers.
      --totten.

   lubber's line, lubber's point, or lubber's mark, a line
      or point in the compass case indicating the head of the
      ship, and consequently the course which the ship is
      steering.
      1913 webster
see also:
looby lob land lubber lubber grasshopper brachystola magna romalea microptera 
lubber's hole lubber's line lubber's point lubber's mark 
[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0
lubber
     n 1: an awkward stupid person syn: lout, clod, stumblebum,
           goon, oaf, lummox, lump, gawk
     2: an inexperienced sailor; a sailor on the first voyage syn:
        landlubber, landsman
see also:
lout clod stumblebum goon oaf lummox 
lump gawk landlubber landsman 
[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
70 moby thesaurus words for "lubber":
   blockhead, blunderer, blunderhead, boor, botcher, bumbler, bumpkin,
   bungler, clock watcher, clod, clodhopper, clodknocker, clot, clown,
   dallier, dawdle, dawdler, diddler, dillydallier, do-nothing,
   dolittle, dolt, doodler, faineant, fumbler, gawk, gawky,
   gentleman of leisure, goldbrick, goldbricker, goof-off, gowk,
   hayseed, hick, idler, klutz, laggard, landlubber, lingerer, loafer,
   lobster, loiterer, loller, looby, lotus-eater, lounger, lout, lug,
   lummox, lump, mope, moper, oaf, ox, palooka, polliwog, potterer,
   putterer, rube, slouch, sloucher, slubberer, slug, sluggard,
   stick-in-the-mud, time killer, time waster, trifler,
   waiter on providence, yokel





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