lubberly

Example Sentences

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That fo’c’s’le is great As the place to relate How your lubberly cap’n’s an as’le.

From Washington Post

A lubberly, stoop-shouldered, churlish boy, one Ralph Esposito, refused to sing it.

From Time Magazine Archive

The best of it keeps Captain Hornblower right in his element�routing the lubberly French and Spanish, against an expertly staged background of crashing mainmasts and exploding gun decks.

From Time Magazine Archive

The concept of the sequential shower�wetting down, shutting off the water, soaping up and then rinsing�is readily understood by even the most lubberly guest once explained.

From Time Magazine Archive

“Plenty men think what I think. Sailing by book is a mighty lubberly business.”

From "Carry On, Mr. Bowditch" by Jean Lee Latham