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

That�s a question I�ve been asked a lot lately; not by my wife, mind you, but by my lubberly friends who swing golf clubs.

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

Time was when owning a houseboat was considered downright lubberly.

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