lubber
/ˈlʌbə
/noun
1 archaic or dialect A big, clumsy person.
2 short for landlubber.Lit'rally speaking, I am the ship you lubbers are standin’ on now....
- But it looks like I won't be terribly useful to you lubbers outside o’ bein’ a transport, since I'm so bulky!
- Did ye know that I could hear ye lubbers all the way from the surface?
Derivatives
lubberlike
/ adjectivelubberly
/ adjective & adverb ...- He should at all times correct lubberly and untidy habits of other members of the crew.
- ‘Make your conduct most lubberly and un-Navy-like!’ advises cunning Jack.
- Cunliffe writes the antithesis of the old landlocked history but it still has a lubberly feel, an unwillingness to get its feet wet.
Origin
Late Middle English: perhaps via Old French lobeor 'swindler, parasite' from lober 'deceive'.