| 单词 | landlubber |
| 例句 | With a dozen landlubbers whose only recommendation for the sea was that they had failed on land? Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z “My boat will rot away soon if I don't paint it. But you guys don't care, because you're just a bunch of landlubbers! There's always enough money for Hornet's books.” The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z As for the sea, it looked rough, but to a landlubber the sea is always impressive and forbidding, beautiful and dangerous. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z If there had been any irons aboard, they would have been occupied by the fumbling landlubber or scurvy swab who forgot his duties and made Dad miss the mooring. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z For landlubbers, Ardnamurchan provides excellent treks up mountains like Ben Hiant, and the chance to glimpse red deer and pine marten or sea and golden eagles. High Tail it to the Highlands 2010-11-19T14:20:00Z Maybe we care about swimwear because, while we’re rolling in the deep, our scanty attire can seem to be the last vestige of the material world, the last of the landlubber’s choices. | Float, Memory 2014-05-06T13:00:33Z But lungs and swim bladders have different developmental origins, and it seems that lungs evolved as a novel way for some fleshy-finned fish to breathe before some of their descendants became landlubbers. No Better Time to Consider Our Lungs 2021-01-19T05:00:00Z But if the ocean isn’t your thing, San Diego has a comprehensive list of activities for landlubbers, like the USS Midway aircraft carrier museum – the most visited ship museum in the world. Spring break: San Diego offers family-friendly activities, craft brews and beautiful beaches 2019-03-01T05:00:00Z Exposed as a landlubber, I consoled myself with fish and chips in the atrium-like restaurant of the Culture Yard next door. Elsinore in Denmark, Hamlet’s ‘Home,’ Is Having a Renaissance 2015-07-30T04:00:00Z At Isla Negra, the landlubber Neruda indulged his love of maritime objects more than in either of the other houses, with a dozen female ships’ figureheads jutting from the walls of the living room. In Chile, Where Pablo Neruda Lived and Loved 2015-12-16T05:00:00Z It didn’t take much research – follow-up articles appeared in the years following 1947 – to find that Bartley’s story was fiction, a letter written by mischievous sailors to excite landlubbers. Animal penises’ amazing evolution 2012-06-12T15:40:00Z Even though I’m a landlubber who’s squeamish about being surrounded by nothing but ocean for days on end, this was the watery route I took. The best way to witness Alaska’s stunning seascapes? Take a cruise along the Inner Passage 2019-01-23T05:00:00Z Beautiful photographs of the alien world we landlubbers seldom visit or understand. 19 big holiday book gift ideas: mystery, history and local titles 2013-12-13T20:53:23Z With both books, we have translators critiquing translators, which is a big help for old salts deciding if they want to sign ship’s papers or for landlubbers who wonder if they are seaworthy. Letters to the Editor 2018-01-03T05:00:00Z He finds an authentic-sounding voice, using judicious touches of dialect spliced with enough sailing jargon to make for a thoroughly convincing mariner's tale – to this landlubber, anyhow. Poem of the week: Christmas at Sea by Robert Louis Stevenson 2012-12-24T09:00:14Z Ultimately, though – as is true with virtually all environmental problems – if we want to see genuine action, we landlubbers need to realise how the future fate of the seas will directly impact on us all. Callum Roberts' Ocean of Life is a manifesto for marine management 2012-06-07T06:30:01Z “And ‘landlubber’ means someone on land,” added his brother Spencer, 7. Aarrr! Get ready for Talk Like a Pirate Day. The passengers: swarming the decks of the M/V Columbia, thrilling to that landlubber’s hey-we’re-on-a-boat! novelty — the kind that sometimes attracts amused eye rolls from regular, workaday riders of state ferries. Budget cruise from Bellingham to Alaska: one man’s account of his ferry deck adventure 2019-08-30T04:00:00Z For a lifelong landlubber, it was a unique way to experience the Colorado Rockies — and that’s saying a lot. Savoring the Colorado Rockies — by sailboat 2019-08-08T04:00:00Z And a great many of us landlubbers are cheering them on — quite the swing in sentiment since “Jaws” made us all rethink our relationship with the ocean’s murk. Patt Morrison: Been attacked by marine life lately? L.A. could be to blame 2023-08-17T04:00:00Z For millions of years, early landlubbers likely wriggled back to the ocean to swallow prey snagged on land. How the tongue shaped life on Earth 2023-05-24T04:00:00Z As an Army veteran, a backpacker and a landlubber, sailing had longed piqued my interest, but it seemed inaccessible. A landlubber recounts his all-hands-on-deck Mountaineers sailing course 2023-05-11T04:00:00Z Answering it may involve overturning paleontology’s tendency to assume dinosaurs were landlubbers. A Penguin-Like Shape May Have Helped This Dinosaur Dive 2022-12-01T05:00:00Z Boaters dock here,but landlubbers can also spend the night in cottages and floating homes. B.C.’s Howe Sound, a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve, is a natural wonder 2022-11-03T04:00:00Z Thanks to the growth in community sailing centers, it’s possible to try sailing at a reasonable price — and join a community that meets everyone where they are, from landlubbers to old salts. How to start sailing cheaply and easily 2022-06-09T04:00:00Z Though most of us living around the Puget Sound are landlubbers, the underwater kingdom is closer than it seems, waiting to be discovered. What you need to know to start scuba diving in the Seattle area 2022-03-15T04:00:00Z But all the pictures were from his landlubber life, taken when he was standing on the solid ground of his church, a branch of the Ministry of the Word, a modest Pentecostal church. In Congo, Floating Pastors Follow Mobile Flocks Along Busy River 2022-02-01T05:00:00Z Before moving from Brooklyn to Sydney in 2017 to open The New York Times’s Australia bureau, I was a dutiful landlubber. I Hated Swimming. Then I Moved to Australia. 2021-11-25T05:00:00Z There are always more, even for unwavering landlubbers. You’re going to want a houseboat today. See whether you should really jump on board. 2021-05-09T04:00:00Z This last one applies to mariners and is something most landlubbers probably haven’t heard of before: freezing spray. Ten hazard alerts you might not know about 2021-03-10T05:00:00Z Locomotion by landlubber animals like us is easy, because the ground beneath us generally does not move. Jellyfish Build Walls of Water to Swim Around the Ocean 2021-01-07T05:00:00Z Apple’s CarPlay and Google’s Android Auto are meant for, well, cars and automobiles, but despite the emphasis on landlubber locomotion, there’s technically no reason that one couldn’t use them for navigating the high seas. Avast! Boss Audio’s new weatherproof touchscreen brings CarPlay and Android Auto to boats 2020-10-05T04:00:00Z Even landlubbers adore this 21- book series about two comrades in the British navy during the Napoleonic wars. 16 meaty book series to get you through coronavirus stay-at-home orders 2020-04-14T04:00:00Z Even if you are a landlubber — even if you’ve never dipped your toe in an ocean — Roberts’s rich language will call to you. Review | Studying the world’s coral reefs, he finds dazzling beauty and serious science 2020-03-20T04:00:00Z Near San Diego, at the Whale Overlook and Old Point Loma Lighthouse at Cabrillo National Monument, rangers direct landlubbers’ gazes to the whale-rich waters between the kelp beds and the horizon. Follow the herd 2019-10-24T04:00:00Z The idea of scuba diving in Puget Sound — year-round, at night — is mystifying to a landlubber like me, if not downright terrifying. The Bubbles and Suds group meets year-round to dive into Puget Sound, and into friendships built on trust 2019-07-31T04:00:00Z The intrigue deepened when biologists realized that at least some of the beasts from Lake Mercer were landlubbers. EXCLUSIVE: Tiny animal carcasses found in buried Antarctic lake 2019-01-17T05:00:00Z At the Seattle Maritime Festival in the spring, landlubbers participate in hands-on activities such as line tossing, net mending, welding and survival-suit races. Obstructionist coalition blocking Burke-Gilman Trail 2018-12-18T05:00:00Z After centuries of invisibility and peace, Orm and his conspirators have had enough of the landlubbers above. Film Review: Jason Momoa swims but ‘Aquaman’ sinks 2018-12-11T05:00:00Z A landlubber like me felt overwhelmed by some of the nautical language. Review | Gen. George Washington’s calm amid the storm of revolution 2018-12-07T05:00:00Z Now, a new genetic study reveals why: Even though all of these plants are landlubbers today, their ancestor lived in water. This lovely lily’s cousin is an ear of corn. Now, scientists know how they are related 2018-11-05T05:00:00Z She paid attention to details even a landlubber could love: the insides of the doors, the lifeboats. A Hundred Years Ago, High Tech Was a Paint Job 2018-08-05T04:00:00Z Also, bones throughout its body were less mineralized and thus lighter than those of its landlubber kin—a shift that possibly aided buoyancy and reduced the energy needed to stay afloat when foraging. Ancient lizardlike creature bridged gap between land and sea 2017-11-07T05:00:00Z Outdoorsy types will appreciate the water sports and bicycle trails, while landlubbers can explore the town’s burgeoning booze scene, including a rum distillery, a brewery and a winery all within stumbling distance. 5 day trips out of D.C., each less than two hours away 2017-08-30T04:00:00Z But Eight Bells is a popular venue for sailors transitioning from the open sea to landlubber status. Nautical-themed Eight Bells is one of Seattle’s top urban wineries 2017-05-05T04:00:00Z Other researchers agree that the Chinese fossils provide a valuable window into the transformation from landlubber to sea creature. How giant marine reptiles terrorized the ancient seas 2017-03-28T04:00:00Z Seastead plans often involve them being in international waters to create a libertarian utopia free of landlubbers' laws. French Polynesia signs first 'floating city' deal - BBC News 2017-01-17T05:00:00Z Thanks to fossils from places such as Wadi El Hitan in Egypt – aka “Whale Valley” - the surprising voyage of the whale’s landlubber ancestors to the sea is well understood. How did the whale get its “moustache”? | Elsa Panciroli 2016-11-29T05:00:00Z Geldof, by contrast, has the air of a landlubber, happier by far on a stage that does not sway under his feet. Britain Votes, Maybe for the Last Time, on Whether to Stand Alone 2016-06-23T04:00:00Z The programs will be funded by the marina, which will tithe 2 percent of its berthing revenue — boat-parking, in landlubber speak — to a nonprofit created in conjunction with the marina. A New Marina Aims to Remind New Yorkers of Their Waterways 2016-05-01T04:00:00Z The case offers a glimpse into a world not often seen by landlubbers. Cruisin’ with guns 2016-01-21T05:00:00Z Some of it will eventually rise from the deep, raising temperatures in places that more directly affect us landlubbers. Oceans Are Getting Hotter than Anybody Realized 2014-10-06T04:00:00Z A new waterside activity for landlubbers arrives when the Grand Banks schooner Sherman Zwicker, built in 1942, drops anchor at Pier 25, Hudson River Park at North Moore Street. What to Do in New York City in Summer 2014 2014-05-22T04:00:00Z Its well-being is therefore of direct concern even to landlubbers. The future of the oceans: Acid test 2013-11-21T16:03:53Z Already he had come to the conclusion that the tall bronzed young fellow was no mere landlubber. With Beatty off Jutland A Romance of the Great Sea Fight 2012-04-21T02:00:25.260Z "Bless me for a landlubber if I thought of it at all!" replied Felgate. A Lad of Grit A Story of Adventure on Land and Sea in Restoration Times 2012-04-21T02:00:23.363Z She've waited for me, sir, bided single for my sake, and there's no landlubber to whop after all. With Drake on the Spanish Main 2012-02-20T03:00:17.357Z “Do you suppose he expects us landlubbers to be really sick?” The Corner House Girls Under Canvas How they reached Pleasant Cove and what happened afterward 2012-02-03T03:00:19.757Z If a mere landlubber may hazard the similitude, the captain will always show his qualities whether he is on the bridge of a liner or in a rowboat. The Critical Game 2012-01-05T03:00:38.527Z The inspectress seemed to have forgotten their steep incline and I was left, a helpless landlubber, cautiously descending step by step. The Woman's Part A Record of Munitions Work 2011-12-31T03:00:15.627Z "Would I could get at you, ye cowardly landlubbers!" A Lad of Grit A Story of Adventure on Land and Sea in Restoration Times 2012-04-21T02:00:23.363Z Now, lad, there's the bell for landlubbers to get ashore. A Boy of the Dominion A Tale of Canadian Immigration 2011-12-05T03:00:47.097Z And the sight of the flag that has swept the seas, Nor ever has known disgrace, Makes even a landlubber's bosom swell With the pride of his English race. Mr. Punch on the Warpath Humours of the Army, The Navy and The Reserve Forces 2011-11-28T03:00:24.727Z "Then what the blazes has any landlubber of a doctor got to do with it, what don't know one end of a ship from t'other!" Palm Tree Island 2011-09-21T02:00:31.730Z The countryman in the crowded city street, the landlubber at sea, the ignoramus in sport at a contest between experts in a complicated game, are further instances. How We Think 2011-09-16T02:00:18.973Z But in the Chinese campong they're about as much use as a landlubber aloft in a blow. The Argus Pheasant 2011-08-27T02:00:20.160Z The old coxswain is ashore amongst the landlubbers, so we have nothing to fear from him. The Life of a Celebrated Buccaneer A Page of Past History for the Use of the Children of To-day 2011-07-06T02:00:45.180Z I’m a thickhead and a landlubber, all in one.” The Battleship Boys at Sea Two Apprentices in Uncle Sam's Navy 2011-06-06T02:00:06.803Z Tim Ivory, the crewman, complied, and Captain Whyte sounded the surprisingly high whistle, an intriguing Irish tenor where a landlubber might have expected a basso profundo. City Room: A PT Boat on the Hudson, Without the Torpedoes 2011-05-27T23:25:31Z Those black clouds to the southeast mean a hurricane or I’m a landlubber. Bill Bolton?Flying Midshipman 2011-04-14T02:00:39.800Z “He was a true eccentric,” said Bob McAndrew, a self-professed landlubber who was Mr. Sutherland’s neighbor on Staten Island for nearly 30 years. Farewell to a Tugboat Bard 2010-06-23T19:56:00Z The term "landlubber" conveyed no disparagement to my ears now. Tales of the Wonder Club Volume I See here, you landlubber, them high and mighty airs don’t go down with me, and you’ll find they don’t. The Battleship Boys at Sea Two Apprentices in Uncle Sam's Navy 2011-06-06T02:00:06.803Z It's not fair, giving a landlubber a good job aboard this ship. The Boy Pilot of the Lakes Nat Morton's Perils You landlubbers burned gallons of midnight oil in preparing for the naval examination. No Moss The Career of a Rolling Stone "You landlubbers can go ashore, I'm going to sleep abroad." The Frontier Boys in the Grand Canyon A Search for Treasure He is therefore well fitted to take charge of a lot of reckless young landlubbers like you, and will keep an eye on you all the time you are away. Harper's Round Table, October 8, 1895 “Pass the landlubbers a clothes line,” shouted a voice from the forecastle. The Battleship Boys at Sea Two Apprentices in Uncle Sam's Navy 2011-06-06T02:00:06.803Z "Just like a landlubber," growled the gun captain. The Battleship Boys' First Step Upward or, Winning Their Grades as Petty Officers He is a regular landlubber, brought up away back in a mountain valley, and is mortally afraid when he has to row out to the steamboat. What Happened to Inger Johanne As Told by Herself The latter seemed to be–after the landlubbers–shipowners, ship’s chandlers, ship’s tailors, and Customs men. The Bonadventure A Random Journal of an Atlantic Holiday We reached there on a quiet and peaceful evening, the sort that landlubber poets write about. The Boy With the U. S. Life-Savers I felt so foolish to have caused all the trouble I did and I knew they’d all think me an awful landlubber. The Go Ahead Boys and the Treasure Cave Waiting for their turn, the fish-women were blarneying with customs men or idlers who stood about looking at the big fish with the curiosity of landlubbers. Mayflower (Flor de mayo) A Tale of the Valencian Seashore There's those three landlubbers up on the bank. Harper's Young People, September 14, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly George was the veriest of landlubbers, so I was forced to give over bailing and take the tiller. Tales of the Fish Patrol He was at once set down as an "awkward landlubber," dismissed from his coal-shovelling, and ordered to do duty in the lamp-room. Harper's Young People, March 23, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly We’re all landlubbers of course and the crew might have decided to initiate us a little.” The Go Ahead Boys and the Treasure Cave And you say—you—" He went to pieces very suddenly, jumped up, pounded the legs of his chair on the decking, and shouted at me: "And you say that, you—you landlubber, you office coddler! Masterpieces of Mystery, Vol. 1 (of 4) Ghost Stories But before he could say anything to the Captain and the Commodore, the three landlubbers were at work. Harper's Young People, September 14, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly With this chart a landlubber could have gone straight to the atoll. The Pagan Madonna You eat too much coal with your speed,—that’s what the trouble is with you—you ridiculous landlubber!” Here and Now Story Book Two- to seven-year-olds Where would you and I be now, Padre, if a navigator that no landlubbers could down had not struck out without map or chart to find this here America of ours hundreds of years ago?” Killykinick “It’s the Pirate, or else I’m a landlubber.” Famous Privateersmen and Adventurers of the Sea Their rovings, cruises, escapades, and fierce battling upon the ocean for patriotism and for treasure But out in a trumpery rocking boat, with you a landlubber against a man that has been at sea these ten years, I would not give a farden for your life.” Athelstane Ford Jim, who had been watching them quietly, noted that most of them disembarked clumsily, more like landlubbers than sailors. Jim Spurling, Fisherman or Making Good We felt we had a right to watch the landlubbers work in return for the herrings we threw out to them. A Poor Man's House How them landlubbers live with everything dead and dull around them, I don’t see. Killykinick He told Bill to hail, which was done with a truly sailor-like “Ahoy!” repeated many times, and followed by the landlubber’s “Hello, there!” but without getting an answer. Radio Boys Loyalty Bill Brown Listens In "What's the matter, your honor?" demanded Cleats, who always pitied a landlubber in a gale. Dikes and Ditches Young America in Holland and Belguim The commotion of the wind shrieking in the rigging and the horrid crash of the toppling combers were enough to convince a landlubber that the vessel was doomed to founder. Blackbeard: Buccaneer "I don't think those landlubbers—the cops—will know me in this rig-out." Slow and Sure The Story of Paul Hoffman the Young Street-Merchant And we robs landlubbers once in a while. Wappin' Wharf A Frightful Comedy of Pirates One can imagine the derision heaped on the landlubber who presumed to teach admirals their business, but there was no dodging the force of his point. A History of Sea Power A landlubber feels better on a larger vessel, so I took my men on the steamer, and we started again for Fair Haven. Between the Lines Secret Service Stories Told Fifty Years After "It's heavy sea for that fellow, and he looks like a landlubber trying to walk the deck in a rough sea," said Captain Scott. Four Young Explorers or, Sight-Seeing in the Tropics Come, bear a hand, and be lively there, you plum-duff, chuckle-headed young landlubber, and waddle along aft here on your sausage legs.” Cast Away in the Cold An Old Man's Story of a Young Man's Adventures, as Related by Captain John Hardy, Mariner I must own that with all the virtues the sea possesses the landlubber has the best of us on mail service. Carl and the Cotton Gin I'm sick to death of this town and this place and this landlubber's job. Fair Harbor “Ah, lad, you are judging from the landlubber’s view-point,” returned the sergeant. Blue Lights Hot Work in the Soudan It was interrupted by Brimstone, who uttered an oath in coarse bravado, as he exclaimed that he for one would hear no more such stuff, fit only for milk-sop landlubbers and silly women. The Boy Patriot I noticed that he called me ‘landlubber’ very frequently, but I had no idea whether he meant to compliment or abuse me, though it seemed more likely to me that it was the latter. Cast Away in the Cold An Old Man's Story of a Young Man's Adventures, as Related by Captain John Hardy, Mariner Who but a landlubber ever needed to look at a compass to see which way the wind blew? Kilgorman A Story of Ireland in 1798 And you say that, you—you landlubber, you office coddler! The Best Short Stories of 1915 And the Yearbook of the American Short Story “But you forget I’m only a landlubber who, according to you, is fit for only half-an-half measures,” said Miles, who, not being addicted to much wine, felt disinclined to bind himself. Blue Lights Hot Work in the Soudan The 'landlubber' might apply to other natives; but I fear they could hardly be called 'bookworm' with any degree of consistency. My New Curate Port and Starboard! come here, old curs and landlubbers that you are,—come, bear a hand and be lively there, and say ‘good by.’ Cast Away in the Cold An Old Man's Story of a Young Man's Adventures, as Related by Captain John Hardy, Mariner But he must have tied a grannie's or a landlubber's knot, and she pulled loose. Bunny Brown and His Sister Sue at Christmas Tree Cove A day it was of sinister portent, that could not fail to have a depressing effect on sailor and landlubber alike. The Mask A Story of Love and Adventure All the landlubbers, even in England, thought it very great indeed; and most of them think so still. Flag and Fleet How the British Navy Won the Freedom of the Seas What if we send out our S. O. S. now and some selfish landlubber such as we were is talking about matters of little importance and muddles our message? Curlie Carson Listens In Lawrence was compelled to sign on a scratch lot, some Portuguese, a few British, and many landlubbers. The Fight for a Free Sea: A Chronicle of the War of 1812 The Chronicles of America Series, Volume 17 "Say, wasn't I th' old landlubber though!" he cried. The Moving Picture Girls at Sea or, A Pictured Shipwreck That Became Real On ye go; and mind ye keep near to us, and we’ll make a landlubber’s parliament in a corner to ourselves.” We and the World, Part II A Book for Boys You can't take landlubbers, put them on a boat and have seamen. The Canadian Commonwealth The Jew, however, was always a typical landlubber, and one would expect a specification for the building of a ship would lack nautical details. A Dweller in Mesopotamia Being the Adventures of an Official Artist in the Garden of Eden Tommy, ignorant little landlubber that he was, began to wish that he had stayed at home, but Judy was exalted, uplifted by the thought of a coming battle with wind and waves. Judy In Bombay, ignorant landlubbers alluded to her as that "pretty grey ship." The Nigger Of The "Narcissus" A Tale Of The Forecastle "To me a certain amount of fear seems justifiable in the landlubber, who doesn't know anything of nautical matters and hasn't the least notion of what is happening." Atlantis "If this is the way landlubbers take an honest man's hail, ye're all jest as bad as I've heard ye was." The Skipper and the Skipped Being the Shore Log of Cap'n Aaron Sproul "You wouldn't axe if you wasn't a landlubber, meanin' no offense," he said. In Clive's Command A Story of the Fight for India Most of us are hopeless tenderfeet anywhere, just like landlubbers on shipboard. Outdoor Sports and Games The seafaring portion of this strange body of men, in characteristic contrast to their "landlubber" accomplices, never at any time, or under any circumstances, tried to conceal what their profession was. Looking Seaward Again She cannot leave her mother is another objection, but that I should not ask her to do—as a landlubber might," he added sportively, "would in all probability. Grandmother Elsie They were landlubbers, in the heart of the continent, and what better story for them than a sea story? The Road And the Staten Island ferry is a voyage on the Seven Seas for the landlubber, After months of office work, how one's heart leaps to greet our old mother the sea! Shandygaff By this time, the captain had guided his dauntless little vessel into slightly quieter waters, although she still pitched and tossed in a way that would have alarmed a "landlubber." The Boy Scouts on Picket Duty It was rather an exciting moment for the two "landlubbers." The Brighton Boys with the Submarine Fleet Hundreds of perfectly useless landlubbers, shipped at Lisbon to complete the absurdly undermanned ships, were being dismissed at Corunna. Elizabethan Sea Dogs And thereat I took those landlubbers around the world with me. The Road There are a good many landlubbers on board, who don't know the rules, and you won't have any trouble in catching them. Frank on a Gun-Boat The genuine woodland villagers, the foresters, wood-cutters, and forest laborers are the strong, rude seamen among us landlubbers. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 08 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. in Twenty Volumes A part of it was how, at the right interval, they assisted the landlubber to step from gunwale to gangway, making him feel perfectly safe when he would have been perfectly helpless but for them. My Year of the War Including an Account of Experiences with the Troops in France and the Record of a Visit to the Grand Fleet Which is Here Given for the First Time in its Complete Form Well, a good job too, says I; a useless old landlubber he was. Mr. Meeson's Will Landlubbers of the landlubbers though we were, its water-gypsy charm yet sank deep. Virginia: the Old Dominion Set me down for a landlubber," he exclaimed, at length, "if it hasn't been stolen. Frank on a Gun-Boat And while she was making her way thither, the captain had to amuse himself like any landlubber, contemplating the ferocious chase and laborious digestion of these monsters. Mare Nostrum (Our Sea) A Novel George was the veriest of landlubbers, so I was forced to give over bailing and take the tiller. Tales of the Fish Patrol The hand of the engineer tore down the veil of the terrible beauty in order that greedy and faithless landlubbers might pocket dividends. An Outcast of the Islands Then too the houseboater is usually quite a landlubber after all; so that even if the boat is strong enough to meet an angry sea, the owner's stomach is not. Virginia: the Old Dominion The nautical accuracy of these tales of the sea could scarcely have been attained by a "landlubber". The Spy He's a landlubber, and he don't understand sea things. Harrigan For sailors have their own names, even for things that are familiar ashore; and if you call a thing by its shore name, you are laughed at for an ignoramus and a landlubber. Redburn. His First Voyage But I had tasted fog and brine, and the "landlubber's" lot was too monotonously tame for me. Out of the Fog Then he raised his hands to his mouth like a trumpet and called,— "Ho, there, you landlubber, will you ship with us?" Half-Past Seven Stories Every sailor loves a horse, regarding him as a boat on legs, and therefore knowing more about him than any landlubber may feign to know. Springhaven : a Tale of the Great War All my people were "landlubbers" of the most pronounced type and afraid to get above their knees in the water or to trust themselves to row-boats or other craft. My Boyhood Then I perceived that the hawks, with all their practice, were no better than landlubbers. A Florida Sketch-Book The waves rolled high, and the little schooner plunged about in a manner frightful to a landlubber. Sustained honor The Age of Liberty Established The countryman in the crowded street, the landlubber at sea, the ignoramus in sport at a contest between experts in a complicated game, are further instances. Public Opinion With your common artillery officers, landlubbers, smell-the-wicks, cross-the-braces sons of guns, there had better not be anything at all put up. Springhaven : a Tale of the Great War One of the stateroom stewards who stood watching the "landlubber's" operations sarcastically said: "How long, friend, do you expect them books to stand there?" Self-Raised Or, From the Depths "Don't let the Captain hear you talking about the 'downstairs' of his ship, you landlubber, you!" The Boy Scouts on a Submarine Old he was, and a landlubber, for all his courtesy title; but in his veins there coursed the blood of a long line of fighting ancestors. Cappy Ricks Retires Will not stand abuse for knowing my business and attending to it without instructions from landlubber! Cappy Ricks Or, the Subjugation of Matt Peasley In those days, when every landlubber could handle a boat like a seaman, every sailor knew at least something about farming, and could ride a horse like a jockey. The Thrall of Leif the Lucky A Story of Viking Days I was to wear the heaviest clothes I had, because the landlubber always caught cold at sea. Europe Revised "Don't fall overboard, Ropey," said another to the poor landlubber, who, with Wymontoo, the Dane, and others left behind, was looking over at us from the forecastle. Omoo What did possess that ridiculous old landlubber at Whitford, to go and get on the sick-list on this, of all the nights of the year? The Daisy chain, or Aspirations What race of landlubbers could vie with the picturesque bands of fearless voyageurs who sang their songs on the Great Lakes, the Ohio, the Illinois, and the Mississippi? The Paths of Inland Commerce; a chronicle of trail, road, and waterway This ancient landlubber was becoming as great an affliction as any cross-bowed mariner. Sixes and Sevens “Blow me for a landlubber if I like that!” he said, in a hardly audible whisper. A House-Boat on the Styx And such was Bope Tarn; of all landlubbers, the most lubberly and most miserable. Omoo Even a landlubber like me can appreciate it. The Pit Prop Syndicate "I thought Clara came next to Nelson," said she; "and a long way off too, if you're not going to be a landlubber." The Egoist Step lively there, landlubbers!" he called to Stillman; "I have an appointment at Washington at one, and it is now twenty minutes past twelve. A journey in other worlds A romance of the future Come out here, you landlubber," he cried to Tom, "and I'll put grass seed on your back. The Voice of the City: Further Stories of the Four Million He had set them down as a set of landlubbers and braggadocios, and was disposed to treat them accordingly. Astoria, or, anecdotes of an enterprise beyond the Rocky Mountains He refused—said he wasn't going to be sunk by landlubbers while he was still able to stay on deck. The Voyages of Dr. Dolittle But all this lasted only a few soothing seconds before I jumped up too, making the boat roll like the veriest landlubber. The Mirror of the Sea |
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