landlubber
noun
an unseasoned sailor or someone unfamiliar with the sea.
landlubberly
-
a word derived from
landlubber.
Example Sentences
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The WallyPower 70 may be the first motoryacht in its class to shelter the forward cockpit with a substantial bulwark: Think landlubberly friends and little children.
From Time Magazine Archive
A holiday boat excursion for two landlubberly married couples turns into a fascist parable in Way Upstream.
From Time Magazine Archive
After a slow, landlubberly beginning, the three of them, with Dan as first mate, set sail for the whaling grounds and a few stern lessons in character-building.
From Time Magazine Archive
In a good, old landlubberly manner we hitched Gadabout to a tree and waited to see if the rising tide would make a way for us.
From Virginia: the Old Dominion by Frank W. Hutchins
