Lubberlandn.
/ˈlʌbəland/ An imaginary land of plenty without labour; a land of laziness.
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the world > action or operation > inaction > disinclination to act or listlessness > sloth or laziness > [noun] > imaginary land of laziness
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1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Cocagna, as we say Lubberland.
1631 B. Jonson Bartholmew Fayre iii. ii. 34 in Wks. II Good mother, how shall we finde a pigge, if we doe not looke about for 't? will it run off o' the spit, into our mouths thinke you? as in Lubberland? and cry, we, we?
1633 J. Shirley Gamester (1637) iii. F 2 b And so I commend mee to all your friends in Lubber-Land.
1681 W. Robertson Phraseologia generalis (1693) 621 Weak-witted; a wittal; a fool; born in Lubberland.
1827 W. Scott Life Napoleon IV. vii. 206 A Grand Elector, who was to be the very model of a King of Lubberland.
1856 R. A. Vaughan Hours with Mystics (1860) I. 238 Pining after your Lubberland, as usual,—your Millennium of mere ease and plentiful supply.
1893 J. H. McCarthy Red Diamonds I. 160 Luxuriously enjoying his monarchy of the lubberland of bed.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online September 2021).
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