esp. A sailor's term for: A clumsy seaman; an unseamanlike fellow. (Cf. landlubber, n.)
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| 释义 | society > travel > travel by water > one who travels by water or sea > sailor > types of sailor > [noun] > inefficient, lazy, or unseamanlike sailor (8) lubber1579 esp. A sailor's term for: A clumsy seaman; an unseamanlike fellow. (Cf. landlubber, n.) guinea pig1748 Nautical. (a) A midshipman in the East Indian service. (b) An inefficient seaman. marine1829 Nautical slang. An incompetent seaman. soldier1840 Nautical slang (originally and chiefly U.S.). A worthless seaman; a loafer, a shirker. Cf. soldier, v. 1d. lubbard1867 = lubber, n. Paddy Wester1892 a bogus seaman, esp. one using a dead sailor's papers; an inefficient or inexperienced seaman. ullage1901 transferred. Nautical. (See quots.) oily wad1925 (a) a torpedo boat burning fuel oil (now historical); (b) a seaman without a special skill, or with no ambition. |
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